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Ethics In Technology Essay

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The term “technology” first appeared in the 17th century at the time it only applied to arts. This term was later modified to mean a lot of different things. In context to today’s world it is described as “the application of scientific knowledge for practical purposes, especially in industry.” In around the year 1760 the Industrial Revolution took place. This revolution that again took place in the 17th century was a milestone for the world. During this revolution, technology was used to help aid humans in production making it easier and faster. This became the foundation for further advancement in technology used to help humans. The machines became faster and more efficient. Today in the 21st century we are advanced beyond comprehension. …show more content…

Today due to the lack of morals and ethics society is on a downfall and technology has become an aid. The internet was created to make the communication between separate computers easier. However today it has become an easy platform for sexual predators, pedophiles, bullying and much more. Did the inventors ever think there technology would come to this? All these issues are due to lack of moral and ethics. The few issues mentioned above do not come in line with morals and ethics. In today’s society they don’t exist hence all the issues. We have become so busy and so caught up in our everyday life that the importance of good morals evade our list of priority whereas they should be on top of our list. Today people hack information and commit frauds against innocent people; it has become a very normal thing. They tell you to be aware of fradreulent crimes because we have accepted it. We have to educate our children on the dangers of the internet and the parents live in constant fear of predators but we just try to be more aware. All of this has become normal and that is the scary part that we accept this as normal. Instead of being more aware why do we not worry about the morals teachings in our society? People have the mental capacity to know that

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