Engaging the students of technology in an ethical discourse in the information age

Abstract

This paper is about making the ethical discourse relevant to the students of technology in the present age of information. Information ethics is already a part of the present day engagement with information technology at all levels. This encourages us to carry forward the ethical discourse further by bringing in the moral thoughts of Wiener and Gandhi. Both Wiener and Gandhi lived in the age of technology, but both rebelled against it for basically moral reasons. Wiener is the founder of cybernetics and communication science, while Gandhi is a humanist and moralist and a crusader for freedom of humanity. Both agreed, however, that human freedom needs check on the inhuman use of technology. That is, both shared the philosophy of human dignity and value which demand a -human use‖ of technology. In this paper we explore the possibility of a humanistic ethics for information technology on the basis of moral thoughts of Wiener and Gandhi and wish to present the vision of the human civilization which underlies their thoughts.

Ethical Concerns of Human-Being, Cyber-Being and Cybertariat: An Educational Perspective

“…(Bynum, 2015). This aspect is very much part of the overall concern of this paper and builds on an earlier attempt (Dhariwal et al, 2010).…”

“…But what is even more remarkable is the clarity with which the moral and social repercussions of cybernetics and information are documented by Wiener even at this nascent stage. The summary of this by Bynum (2015) and by Dhariwal et. al.…”