Extra Credit Paper April 23‚ 2013 Moral Machines – Ethics The future of computing and machinery is changing at such an extremely fast pace that we need to invest in the application of ethics to the world of machines. But there are many problems with programming a machine to act ethically. Ethics are simply emotional expressions and machines can’t have emotion. Computers don’t have the practical wisdom that Aristotle thought we use when applying our virtues. What about the ethics of the lesser
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The Moral Courage of Danes During the Holocaust‚ many brave individuals risked their lives rescuing the innocents. Those heroes are rare after all‚ but in Denmark‚ everyone participated in the rescue—from the government officials to the normal citizens. The danish people expressed their moral courage all together as a nation‚ yet without certain leadership or organization— it was everyone fulfilling their own righteousness. All of these individual power came together‚ and created a miracle during
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Can One Be Moral and Not Believe in God Name: Course: Phi 103 Informal Logic Instructor: Jennifer Creekmore Date: May 6‚2013 Can One be Moral and Not Believe in God There are many people‚ that do not have any faith or belief in any personal god or deity‚ one that dispenses grace‚ goodness‚ and/or miracles according to his/her ’will’. Many people do not acknowledge any ‘supernatural’ agent or agency that intentionally intercedes in human affairs or selectively
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MORAL LEADER FINAL PAPER How do you define a moral challenge? What is your definition of moral reasoning? What does moral leadership mean to you? These are the questions we were presented with at the beginning of this course. At the time‚ I had difficulty answering each one. I had never actually sat down and thought about any of these concepts before. I always felt that I had a solid idea of what leadership consisted of and what I considered to be moral but in answering those questions I realized
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Nicole Swires Mrs. Matayabas ENG 101 2:05 18 February 2010 My Moral Obligation to the Poor Have you ever stopped to think about all the general essentials you have access to and all the material possessions you have been blessed with? Often times I see people around me who seem unhappy with what they do have. There is nothing wrong with wanting or buying more than what we need; luxuries are nice. The problem comes in when we only think about ourselves and not about other people. Some people can
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in Livermore’s chapter 10‚ answer the following questions: How do we embrace “category width” without falling into moral relativism? “The degree to which we’re even comfortable thinking about that notion is directly connected to our category width.” (182). Broad categorizers tend to lean toward cultural width and I can understand that better now. I believe that people can have morals and biblical values and still have a right‚ different‚ and wrong meter. In my opinion‚ the bible is your guide and
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Shue begins his article discussing torture with constraints which allows the victim to “surrender” and comply with the demands of the torturer. According to the Constraint of Possible Compliance (CPC)‚ “the victim of torture must have available an act of compliance which‚ if performed‚ will end the torture” (Shue 427). With the aim of interrogational torture being to extract information from a person with holding it‚ this torture appears to satisfy the constraint of possible compliance‚ since it
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Nowadays‚ one of the current moral issues that Malaysia facing is growing of abandoned babies. Sixty-five infants have been found in last year‚ and most of the infant were dead by the time they were discovered. They were found in streets‚ river‚ jungle‚ rubbish bins‚ and even on doorsteps. The latest dead infant was found floating in Sungai Kroh 42/2 milestone‚ Jalan Ipoh. The discovery was made about 4pm by patrol policemen from the Jinjang station while passing through the area before removing
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Frederick Denny‚ the keynote speaker of the night spoke on Islam and its moral responsibility and how Muslims need to educate. He was a very intelligent man and great speaker‚ but he was too philosophical for the students in the audience. I was one of those misfortunate souls who could not understand where he was going. He hit on many key points that connected the current problems of Islam and ideas of liberation theology. He stressed that Islam is and always will be a monotheistic‚ ethical
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Throughout Hamlet there is a moral conflict in regards to suicide. As the events of the play unfold Hamlet finds himself pondering whether or not life is worth living in such a decrepit world. Uncertainty keeps Hamlet from ending the pain of life‚ as well as his desire for revenge on Claudius. Periodically throughout the play Hamlet stops to contemplate his mortality and ending his life. Hamlet does this in his soliloquies‚ often about whatever event is happening right then as well as‚ as is his
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