In the article “Opinion: Can artificial intelligence be ethical?” published by Project Syndicate‚ professor Peter Singer tries to persuade his readers that with how AI has progressed‚ with its advantages and its unknowns‚ it could result in immoral consequences so we have to try to teach machines how to behave ethically. Singer states that “AlphaGo was designed to win by playing a huge number of games against other programs and adopting the best strategies that proved successful” (par. 3) saying
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LEA D ER S H IP ETH IC S Ethics D ef n i ed From Western tradition development of ethical theory dates back to Plato (427–347 b.c.) and Aristotle (384–322 b.c.). Word ethics -roots from Greek word ethos‚ which translates to customs‚ conduct‚ or character. Ethics D ef n i ed Ethics is concerned with the kinds of values and morals an individual or a society finds desirable or appropriate. with the virtuousness of individuals and their motives. Ethicaltheory provides a system
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Background Frank Mason and Abbott Business Supplies (ABS) are both at pivotal moments in their respective histories. ABS is a San Francisco-based regional manufacturer and supplier of stationery products and related business supplies with annual sales on the order of $10 million. Previously family-owned‚ it was acquired 18 months ago by military avionics producer Houston Electronics (HE)‚ whose annual turnover is likely 2 orders of magnitude more than that of ABS. ABS acquisition was not a popular
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Meat Eating Plants by Nathan Aaseng is about the 3 most common and successful ways plants get nutrients from insects. The first chapter talks about where carnivorous plants originated from‚ for example the venus-flytrap was found in West Virginia and was never seen anywhere other than this area. In recent years carnivorous plants have gone endangered from people picking their traps and their colorful flowers that most of them produce. The simplest way that plants get meal is by using flypaper traps
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Some might ask what exactly are ethics? Ethics is a moral principle that governs a person’s behavior or the conducting of an activity. Everyone has ethics but everyone’s ethics is different from person to person. The Ethics of Living Jim Crow is written by Richard Wright explaining his education in race relations in the south. Wright starts out talking about his childhood and all the racism that he encountered in the south. He writes this story to show us what racism is like on the receiving end
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Late Modern Ethics When faced with tough decisions you have to stop and think about the choices you are going to make in the end. Coupled with the factor‚ of your moral compass you then have to choose where you stand on the good‚ or bad spectrum of the choice. The question that comes into factor is what would Immanuel Kant‚ John Stuart Mill‚ and Peter Singer do if they were faced with a choice that involved children and their well being what they would advise me to do in the situation. In the paper
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11/29/12 The Ethics of Eating Meat A common controversial topic that is debated in many society’s‚ especially in Europe and North America‚ is the ethics of consuming meat. There has been a rise in vegetarians‚ as persuasive journalist and companies such as PETA have introduced their opinion on eating meat and how it is morally wrong. Even with this rise of vegetarians‚ there is a prediction that the global meat consumption will double by the year of 2020 (Singer). As the need for meat rises‚ there
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Riddled with numerous contradictions‚ Peter Singer’s book on effective altruism has critics and the public questioning the points he argues. In particular‚ Singer leaves a “grey area” in the way he chooses to articulate explanations and examples of effective altruism. Peter Singer’s generalization of emotional altruists‚ or “warm glowers”‚ lacks an explanation or consideration for individuals who do not fall into his categories of effective altruists who had the education‚ finances‚ or time to make
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On September 5th‚ 1999‚ Peter Singer wrote an article for the New York Times newspaper titled The Singer Solution to World Poverty. He states that residents in developed countries should donate to charitable causes aimed at reducing poverty. In the past‚ some of his works have been controversial‚ and this extends to his works on the relationship between charity and the public. He points out that it is wrong for people to enjoy their wealth and live in luxury while majority of people are suffering
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and appliances‚ which is great. However‚ most Americans are unaware and uninformed about how meat effects global warming‚ our health‚ and how much of our planet’s water and resources meat production consumes. Meat contributes to global warming‚ increases risk for cancer‚ causes heart disease and uses a tremendous amount of resources to produce‚ therefore people need to be informed about what they are eating through food labeling and Surgeon General warnings‚ as well as cutting back to appropriate portion
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