...The Ten Commandments of Computer Ethics 1. Thou shalt not use a computer to harm other people. 2. Thou shalt not interfere with other people's computer work. 3. Thou shalt not snoop around in other people's computer files. 4. Thou shalt not use a computer to steal. 5. Thou shalt not use a computer to bear false witness. 6. Thou shalt not copy or use proprietary software for which you have not paid. 7. Thou shalt not use other people's computer resources without authorization or proper compensation. 8. Thou shalt not appropriate other people's intellectual output. 9. Thou shalt think about the social consequences of the program you are writing or the system you are designing. 10. Thou shalt always use a computer in ways that ensure consideration and respect for your fellow humans. Exegesis * Commandment 1 Simply put: Do not use a computer in ways that may harm other people. Explanation: This commandment says that it is unethical to use a computer to harm another user. It is not limited to physical injury. It includes harming or corrupting other users' data or files. The commandment states that it is wrong to use a computer to steal someone's personal information. Manipulating or destroying files of other users is ethically wrong. It is unethical to write programs, which on execution lead to stealing, copying or gaining unauthorized access to other users' data. Being involved in practices like hacking, spamming, phishing or cyber bullying does not conform to computer ethics...
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...known? * Micah 7:9 * God’s righteousness. * When God made Adam and Eve, they were covered in His righteousness. That’s why they were able to be naked and not ashamed. * What did God do when He saw Adam and Eve making the figs leaves * Genesis 3:26 * God made another garment for them. * The first garment God made for them represented righteousness. * When Adam and Eve were making the fig leaves, they were trying to attain righteousness on their own, or should we say they were trying to put on a garment of self righteousness. * They were trying to clothe themselves independent of God * What is righteousness? * Psalms 119:172 * God’s commandments * Can we make ourselves righteous? * Isaiah 64:6 * Romans 3:10 * Jeremiah 13:23 * Read Ezekiel 18 * It talks about people who live through life w/o sinning will make it into Heaven. Also anyone who live righteously through life but sin before they die will not make it * What is faith? * Romans 4:5 * Believing God * Righteousness By Faith * Romans 3:22 * The righteousness of God can be put upon us when we confess our sins sincerely to Him and ask Him to help us to live in accordance to His law. * Romans 8:4 * God will then place the righteousness of the Law upon us so that we can live a Holy life. * What is God’s definition of Sin? *...
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...s false information and man s trust in traditions over the sure word of Scripture, millions of Christians have been led to discount or even reject the importance of observing the Sabbath. “The seyenth day is the sabbath of the Lord: in it thou shalt not do any work (Exodus 20:10). No one disagrees with the clear meaning of this text, yet millions are finding ways not to follow it. Why? The general Bible ignorance of the church and the clever arguments of Satan have created a climate of prejudice against the holiness of the seventh day in favor of the observance of Sunday. So in the interest of promoting God s law over the theories of men, let s take a moment to rediscover some amazing facts about the seventh-day Sabbath. Fact #1: ‘ The Seventh-day Sabbath Establishes God s Soverelgnty Why does Satan hate the Sabbath so much? Because the Sabbath identifies the true God and His claim of ultimate sovereignty. God certainly anticipated the controversy over the Genesis account of Creation. He knew that after the fall of man, there would be doubts about His claims of manufacturing all the staggering mass of matter by merely commanding it...
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...connect the dots? It should, because you need the parachute. It’s the only one of the four gifts that will help with your dilemma. The others may have some value, but they are useless when it comes to facing the law of gravity in a 10,000-foot fall. The knowledge that you will have to jump should produce a healthy fear in you—and that kind of fear is good because it can save your life. Remember that. 1 Now think of the four major religions: ● ● ● ● Hinduism Buddhism Islam Christianity Which one should you choose? Before you decide, here’s some information that will help you determine which one is the wisest choice: All of For most of humanity stands on the humanity, death is edge of eternity. We are all a huge and terrify- going to die. We will all have to pass through the ing plummet into door of death. It could happen to us in twenty years, the unknown. or in six months, . . . or today. For most of humanity, death is a huge and terrifying plummet into the unknown. So what should we do? Do you remember how it was your knowledge of the jump that produced that healthy M 2 fear, and that fear helped you to make the right choice? You know what the law of gravity can do to you. In the same way, we are going to look at another law, and hopefully your knowledge of what it can do to you will help you make the right choice, about life’s greatest issue. So, stay with me—and remember to let fear work for you. THE LEAP After we die we have to face what is called “the...
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...Worldview Essay Michael Pomeroy December 2, 2011 CWV 301-(2) Chip Lamca When it come’s to a worldview, I could never figure mine out. I have never been to church and I have never prayed for anything, but I always had a belief that there was a God. After studying different views, I found myself being a theistic worldview because I believe in a God but haven’t studied much a bout that God. Who is God and what are His characteristics? “In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth” (Genesis 1:1). Therefore, God created earth and everything on earth including humans. “Oh, the depth of the riches of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable his judgments, and his paths beyond tracing out!” (Romans 11:33) There are many characteristics or attributes of God. God is all-powerful; His power is unlimited. God imposes the only limitation on His power. (Genesis 18:25) God is all knowing, He possesses all knowledge. Since God is everywhere at one time, He knows everything. What is the nature of the universe? I have two different opinions about this question. First, I believe that God created the universe and the nature of the universe is to show us how great and powerful God is. My second opinion or thought is if God did create the universe to show us how powerful He is does he protect other forms of life in the universe? What is a human being and what happens when one dies? A human being is a creation of God that consists of a spirit and soul. From what...
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...The ethical issue I will be discussing is IVF, in relation to the Christian religions Catholic and Anglican. IVF is used in cases of infertility –where the woman’s fallopian tubes are absent or blocked, the men’s sperm count is low, or the couple’s infertility is unexplained. It is an assisted reproductive technology in which one or more eggs are fertilized outside a female’s body. To do this, eggs are collected from the ovaries and placed in a dish with a large number of sperm for approx. 18 hours. The eggs are then placed in a special growth medium which allows fertilization to occur. Afterwards the embryo is either transferred back into the woman’s uterus or frozen and stored for later use. IVF has been a source of moral, ethical and religious controversy since its development. Although members of all religious groups can be found on both sides of the issue, the major opposition has come from the Roman Catholic Church. In 1987, the church issued a doctrinal statement opposing IVF on 3 grounds; the destruction of human embryos not used for implantation, the possibility of IVF by a sperm donor other than the husband-thus removing reproduction form the marital context, and finally the severing of an essential connection between the nuptial act and procreation. The use of IVF is said to violate the delicate innocence of those created, as God, their creator has not given them the gift of life, and therefore the fundamental value of ...
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...TEN COMMANDMENTS OF COMPUTER ETHICS 1. Thou shalt not use a computer to harm other people. Explanation:This commandment says that it is unethical to use a computer to harm another user. It is not limited to physical injury. It includes harming or corrupting other users' data or files. The commandment states that it is wrong to use a computer to steal someone's personal information. Manipulating or destroying files of other users is ethically wrong. It is unethical to write programs, which on execution lead to stealing, copying or gaining unauthorized access to other users' data. Being involved in practices like hacking, spamming, phishing or cyber bullying does not conform to computer ethics. * Sending virus in order to hack personal information and exposing to the others. 2. THOU SHALT NOT INTERFERE WITH OTHER PEOPLE'S COMPUTER WORK. Explanation: Computer software can be used in ways that disturb other users or disrupt their work. Viruses, for example, are programs meant to harm useful computer programs or interfere with the normal functioning of a computer. Malicious software can disrupt the functioning of computers in more ways than one. It may overload computer memory through excessive consumption of computer resources, thus slowing its functioning. It may cause a computer to function wrongly or even stop working. Using malicious software to attack a computer is unethical. * Deleting friend's essay document and saying i was just playing. 3. THOU SHALT NOT...
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...Test, Part 2: Animal Farm Answer each question, using complete sentences. (10 points) Score 1. In Chapter 1, Old Major says, “Man is the only real enemy we have. Remove Man from the scene, and the root cause of hunger and overwork is abolished for ever.” Is that true? What does the novel reveal about “real enemies”? Answer: No, man is not the only enemy. In this novel pigs were also the enemy. Once man was chased out, the pigs took over and became exactly like the man. Removing man from the scene did not abolish overwork and hunger forever. In fact, animals questioned whether or not they worked more and ate less than before the man were removed. This is due to the fact that when the pigs took over they were as bad if...
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...other people. Is this true or not? In my opinion, this could be true as long as they aren’t breaking any laws. For instance, people have the right to get drunk out of their minds as long as they don’t get behind the wheel of a vehicle or become violent. Some individuals believe this statement and others don’t which is a prime example of moral relativism. “Moral relativism says that (1) there are no objective normative facts, and (2) what is right or wrong is relative to particular societies or persons, or moral framework or perspectives” (Lau & Chan, 2004 -2016). If a woman that was raped becomes pregnant by her attacker she has the right to decide to terminate the pregnancy or keep the child. Some people believe abortion is not permissible under any circumstances. Ex: rape or becoming pregnant out of wedlock. “But this not relativism, for it is supposed to be an objective fact that abortion is permissible in cases as rape” (Lau & Chan, 2004-2016). Moral contextualism “is the view that they very same action can be right in one situation (context), but wrong in a different situation”. Is it wrong to put your hands on anyone to cause them harm? Understandable we as humans have the right to defend ourselves if someone is trying to harm us physically. A prime example is that the Ten Commandments “You shall not murder” (Deut. 5:17, NKJV). We as humans must follow this commandment and at times break it in protecting our families and ourselves....
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...1) Explain what is meant in the bible by the phrase ‘God is good’. (25marks) Firstly, we must understand what is meant by ‘good’ well good is that which is morally right. With God it is said in the bible “oh give thanks to the lord, for he is good; for His loving-kindness is everlasting (Psalms), another way is the 10 commandments which shows God setting the standard of what is morally right and wrong. Another way of showing of how ‘God is good’ is by creation in genesis 1 and 2 which shows God either creating the world or how he is crafting everything, also in the bible of how God has preformed miracles and in todays society. In the bible there are many passages, which say ‘God is good’ for example in James ‘every good thing bestowed and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation, or shifting shadow’ this is clearly saying that God is the source of goodness. Another example is the goodness of God is a character trait, which applies to every other attribute. God’s wrath is good. God’s holiness is good. God’s righteousness is good. God is good in His entirety. There is nothing about God that is not good (Romans), this is basically saying that the goodness of God is a life-transforming truth and that we should use the words of God in are attitudes and actions. The Ten Commandments are the clear example of God setting the standards of what is morally right and wrong. We follow these laws that God has set because...
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...after all. As the newspapers continued to report the dastardly things the wealthy young banker had done to become even wealthier, people shook their heads and remarked, "The love of money is the root of all evil." The Apostle Paul, in his first letter to his young disciple, Timothy, had this to say: “For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some people, eager for money, have wandered from the faith and pierced themselves with many griefs” (1 Timothy 6:10). Now this verse is often misquoted as saying, “Money is the root of all evil.” Notice how “money” is substituted for “love of money” and “the root of all evil” is substituted for “a root of all kinds of evil.” These changes, while subtle, have an enormous impact on the meaning of the verse. The misquoted version (“money is the root of all evil”) makes money and wealth the source (or root) of all evil in the world. This is clearly false. The Bible makes it quite clear that sin is the root of all evil in the world (Matthew 15:19;Romans 5:12;James 1:15). However, when we reflect upon the correct citation of this verse, we see that it is the love of money, not money itself, that is a source of all different kinds of trouble and evil. Wealth is morally neutral; there is nothing wrong with money, in and of itself, or the possession of money. However, when money begins to control us, that’s when trouble starts. With that said, let’s consider the question before us: Why is the love of...
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...custom term paper, research paper or essay, written from scratch exclusively for you, please, use our paid research papers writing service! Premarital Sex Premarital Sex and Religion The Catholic Church teaches that premarital sex is wrong, yet it is still widely practiced around the world. The reason marriage was created was to join two people of the opposite sex together in a holy sacrament that would make the couple one. God's reason for marriage is quoted in the bible when he said, "For this reason a man shall leave his father and his mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh" . The Sacrament of marriage is one of the most sacred Sacraments in the Catholic Religion. By performing premarital sex, the couple is breaking a covenant with God and is performing a sin. Marriage is the joining of a couple in the eyes of God and in the eyes of the State. When two people are joined into marriage they become on in flesh and one spirit. Sexual intercourse within marriage is for this reason good and of great blessing both to the couple, to the family and to the church. However, outside of marriage it creates a conflict of body and soul. This conflict may not at first be evident but later it can result it real soul damage occurring between the two people involved. God tells us that we should control...
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...1. Thou shall not use a computer in ways that may harm people. The commandment of Computer Ethics states that it is dishonest to use a computer or other smart devices in practices like hacking, spamming, phishing, piracy or cyber bullying. It is unethical to use computer for accessing private files in order to steal information and use it in harmful matters. Similarly, it is unethical to design programs or applications that lead to unsolicited and unauthorized access to personal data. Designing harmful programs and using applications to manipulate and destroy information is wrong and, in many cases, illegal. Nowadays, almost everyone is accessible online, constantly inputting and downloading information. Facebook, Tweeter and Instagram are perfect examples of people sharing everyday data about their lives and exposing themselves to others. With ease of finding information, we are all widely exposed to fraud, cyber-stocking and cyber-bulling. Unfortunately, such exposure may lead not only to mental, but also physical pain, resulting in suicidal or bullied teenagers, silly prank makers and sexual criminal charges of a promising Texas college student. In my opinion, people should get educated on how to use a computer and protect themselves online. Just like it is not a common practice to leave an unlocked car parked on a busy street with a ”key inside” note on a window, it shouldn’t be that easy to record personal information online for everyone to see, share, misuse or judge...
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...examples of people taking advantage of power in our country today. In a New York Times Article titled “ "Officials Push to Bolster Law on Wiretapping", author Charlie Savage informs readers of the government’s new push for an increase in surveillance. Recently, phone companies and networks have updated their software, causing it to be additionally difficult for the government to spy on them and take the customers personal information(Savage 1). As the U.S. government continues to wiretap and collect information from large phone carriers such as AT&T and Verizon(Savage 1), it will become an extreme and impactful invasion of privacy. This push will extend the laws to companies like Gmail, Facebook and Skype(Savage 2). Savage paraphrases Valerie E. Caproni’s (FBI spokesperson) comment at the FBI’s general counsel “...the government was seeking only to prevent its surveillance power from eroding”(Savage 2). The government also wastes money on fixing technical problems that occur with access to data provided from telecom companies(Savage 2). Civil liberty groups have spoken out about the government’s abuse and...
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...Assignment |Last Name: Venturino, Jennifer| To complete this Assignment, you will need to use your MyPMI Mail address. If you have not already set up your MyPMI Mail address, please review the Setting up your MyPMI Mail account[->0] document. Complete the tasks below. 1. Type your answer to each question below directly underneath the question. You can look up answers online if you don’t know them.a) Do you have a Facebook account? Why or why not? (1 point)Yes I do have a facebook accountb) List two of the ten commandments of computer use and describe how they could be broken. (4 points) Thou shall not use a computer to steal , thou shall not use a computer to harm people. Breaking them would be to steal through a computer like fraud , harming people with malicious intent would be another broken rule. c) What is a wiki? (1 point) A web site that allows collaborative editing of its content and structure by its usersd) What is a blog? (1 point) A updated website or web page e) What is Pinterest? (1 point) A free website that requires registration to usef) What are the things you need to connect to the Internet? (3 points) A computer, a wifi location g) Why is a wiki or blog not a good source of information for a research paper? (2 points) Anyone can publish a blog on the internet, there is no way to know credentials .h) Define the term Web 2.0 and give two examples of it.(3 points)the second stage of the world wide web . Online banking, digital photo processing2. Once you have completed...
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