Notes on Questions in Lecture of 10/12/2022

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• What do you think of the ten commandments of computer ethics?

I think they're a good code of ethics. If people were to follow them then there would be no need for cyber security.

• What kind of ethics does the Rabbit Ridge Mountain Bike Trail guidelines follow?

It judges the result of the action and not the action itself. It is also not appealing to anyone's good nature so it would have to be utilitarian.

• What character traits would work in this example?

Being an environmentalist would work in this example because they care about nature and the sign is trying to get people to protect it so they work well together.

• How would you redesign this code of ethics to be more utilitarian, deontological or humean virtue based?

This code of ethics could be made more utilitarian by focusing more on the result of their actions, like how the park would be impacted by the act of defacing it. The sign could be made more deontological by emphasizing how it's bad and wrong to deface the park. It could be more based in virtue ethics by appealing to people's good nature and saying how it's a good thing to protect the park and the natural beauty of it.

• How can laws or required rules in the ACM not be ethics based?

Computer Programmers are trusted with a lot of confidential information and it's their ethical duty not to divulge or reveal it. The exception to this is when it could be in violation of the law, in which case they must forfeit their ethical duty for the greater good.

• “lex iniusta non est lex” Can you guess any words?

I know some from so from that I'm guessing that non and est mean no and is, lex is probably law but I don't know what iniusta means.

• What type of ethics explains the latin phrase?

Utilitarian ethics explains it. If the end result of the law being put in place is more 'bad' in the world and negative outcomes then it is unjust.

• How could the same thing be coded using a different type?

The same thing could be coded using deontology by examining the law itself. If the actions that the law prohibits is not 'bad' then it could be considered unjust.

• Which works better?

I think the utilitarian aspect works better because it examines the end result not just the actions that the law prohibits. The action could not be bad but it could result in bad things therefore examining the end result is more important.

• How can you tell?

It is what I believe based on my own code of ethics.