Saturday, October 16, 2010

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References Answers Corporation. (2010). Describe the differences between law and ethics? Retrieved October 16, 2010, from http://wiki.answ...

What new threats to privacy are likely to develop from new computer and Internet applications in the next five years? Include discussions on Smart-Phones, iPhone, iPad type devices, GPS-enabled vehicles, etc.

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There are many threats to privacy that will likely develop over the next five years.  Some are already developed and in use.  A few are thef...

What does re-identification mean? Give an example.

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Re-identification means identifying the individual from a set of anonymous data.  Researchers identify people by their monetary value, the v...

What does the term secondary use mean? Give an example.

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Use of personal information for a purpose other than the one for which it was supplied is called secondary use.  For example, selling a pers...

Briefly list and explain the following (a) Right, wrong, okay; (b) Distinguish wrong and harm; (c) Separating goals from constraints; (d) Personal preference and ethics; (e) Law and ethics.

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(a).  In situations where its hard to determine if something is either ethically wrong or right, its easier to broaden the category and dete...

Which kind of ethical theory, deontologist or consequentialist, works better for arguing that is wrong to drive one's car on the left side of the road in a country where people normally drive on the right? Explain.

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I believe that the theory of consequentialist work better for arguing the above point.  Being that deontologists tend to emphasize duty and ...
Friday, October 15, 2010

Give an example of a law that implements an ethical principle. Give an example of a law that enforces a particular group's idea of how people should behave?

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One law that implements an ethical principal would be laws regarding murder and theft.  By law, we know that it is unlawful to steal or comm...