Ethical Issues Arising From Existing/Emerging Technology

This essay explores the multifaceted ethical issues arising from existing and emerging technologies. It delves into various aspects, including cyber terrorism, cyber spying, and the use of technology in medical procedures and transportation. The essay examines the impact of technology on individuals...Read More

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Existing/Emerging Technology and related Ethical issues

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Existing/Emerging Technology and related Ethical issues
Introduction
Technology is one of the fastest growing elements and is achieving new height every day.
Everyday innovation and invention in the field of technology are taking place. Emerging
technology has made our life easy and fast. But the matter is whether technology is only
beneficial for mankind or it has some ethical issues also. Yes, technology is beneficial for
mankind but it is not wrong to say that it has various ethical issues. Technology affects personal
life of the individual in many ways and the problem of identity theft is one of them.
Emerging Technology
 Cyber Terrorism: it is one of the negative sides of the technology which is used for the mass
disruption and creates fear among the people.
 Cyber Spying: cyber spying is used to obtain the secret information of the enemies,
competitors, individuals, government, and group for personal, political or economic use by
the use of the internet.
 Internet Assisted Medical Procedures: technology has become advanced and not technology
is assisting a human being in almost every field. In medical and medical science technology
is guiding doctors and expert to have an error-free operation.
 Robotics: robotics is a branch of engineering and science that helps in designing,
constructing, and developing robots. Robots a unique development of technology that help
human as human.
 Internet Assisted Transportation: now technology is also assisting in transportation. Now
driverless cars are being developed that are as safer as the cars with drivers.

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 Cyber Education: education system has been transformed by the use of technology. Now
online tuition classes are being taken by the professionals. Students can attain lecture from
any corner of the world to another corner of the world with the help of technology.
Ethical Issues related to emerging technology:
Technology is developing and helping the human being in every field. It has become the
necessity of life as well as business. But there are some negative aspects of technology.
Following are the ethical issues related to emerging technology,
 Impact on the individual: with the help of technology, hackers steal the personal information
of individual and misuse that information. Nowadays almost every individual is using social
networking, and he/she provide personal information on these social networks.
 Social consequences: sometimes technology seems disaster for a human being. Cybercrime is
increasing day by day, and it is becoming alarming for the society. Every society wants to
live in a peaceful environment, but technology is trying to harm this agenda of society.
 With the help of technology, work has become cheaper and faster. The work of 10 people is
being done by one machine even in less time. This is important for the growth and
developmental point of view, but if we talk about employment, it seems illogical to adopt the
technology. Many people are losing their job, and their living standard is being affected. The
per capita income of working class is decreasing. Therefore, technology is seemed unethical.
 Privacy has become an important concern for everyone due to the advancement in
technology. Advance technology has reduced the scope of privacy, and now nothing can be
secret. Everything is visible even personal issues are being monitored by the technology.

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