Prelim
During the first few weeks of the school term, or prelim, I learned, met, and done alot of new things. This is a critical time where we meet new people and get adjusted to the environment we will be studying in for the rest of the term, which was very interesting for me. As soon as I entered the class of It 108 I was greeted by some old friends and some familiar topics mainly computer ethics, which was what the subject was all about. We started of by learning the basic computer ethics and all about Kantianism and consequentialism.
- Kantianism
Kantianism is where actions are effected by duty or work. Its not about ones emotions or long term goals. Simply put, this criterion amounts to a through experience: to attempt to universalize the maxim (by imagining a world where all people necessarily acted in this way in the relevant circumstances) and then see if the maxim and its associated action would still be conceivable in such a world.
The Formulation Rule of Kantianism:
- Act only according to that maxim by which you can at the same time will that it would become a universal law.
- Act so that you always treat others as an end, and never as a means to an end only.
- Consequentialism
Consequentialism is the class of normative ethical theories holding
that the consequences of
one's conduct are the ultimate basis for any judgment about the rightness of
that conduct. Thus, from a consequentialist standpoint, a morally right act (or
omission) is one that will produce a good outcome, or consequence.
It is the results of ones doing or the effect after a cause. Consequentialism usually has a direct effect or an individual or group of individual. Sometimes it has a domino effect which has one event lead to another until it has a end result
It is the results of ones doing or the effect after a cause. Consequentialism usually has a direct effect or an individual or group of individual. Sometimes it has a domino effect which has one event lead to another until it has a end result
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