Mar 05, 2012 10:37
The real challenge in respect to technology is that its advancement often outpaces our ability to ethically cope with it. It only betters or worsens things in the world to the extent that we struggle with the ethical questions that it presents us. Technology can save lives, but we can often use that technology to kill or destroy lives too. Electricity can light a home or power a car, but we can also use to execute someone. The technology developed to use electricity is impersonal, but our employment is not.
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