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That would be a horrible idea. Software developers should be encouraged to think about and discuss ethical issues by other software developers, employers, unive
by 3Y7RaZUo 7y ago
That would be a horrible idea. Software developers should be encouraged to think about and discuss ethical issues by other software developers, employers, universities, and people in general.
We need increased awareness of ethics but we don't need more government involvement or any other form of coercion. Governments are already far less ethical then pretty much any other organisation or institution.
- rswail 7y agoThis "government involvement is bad" is a crock. Regulation is what makes a society. As an institution, they are no less "ethical" than corporations, in fact, neither ethics nor morals are relevant to corporate or government bodies. Morals and ethics are about people. Laws and regulation are about how those morals and ethics are reduced to practice.
- 3Y7RaZUo 7y agoVoluntary cooperation and peaceful competition is what makes a society. A government is just a group of people who attempt to maintain a monopoly on violence and use it to enforce their will on others. I certainly think they are less ethical then people who do not attempt to enforce their will on others. Government created laws and regulation are just threats. They tell you nothing about what is right or ethical. They only tell you how a particular group of people want you to behave and what they will try to do to you if you refuse to obey. Anyone with enough capacity for violence and willingness to use it can create a law but no amount of force can change what is right or wrong.