Posted by: cAmz on: April 20, 2009
TITLE: The Gender Agenda in Computer Ethics (Chapter 25)
AMAZON LINK: http://www.amazon.com/Handbook-Information-Computer-Ethics/dp/0471799599/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1233232091&sr=1-1
QUOTATION: Gender issues is about men and women issues for most, and to this issues most of the times women are always compared to men in terms of abilities, knowledge and techniques/ ways as to how they deal with things, or even with life.
LEARNING EXPECTATIONS:
- I want to learn more about Gender Agenda in Computer Ethics.
- I want to know what is feminist ethics,
- I want to understand what gender and ethics studies are.
- I want to know which better Quantitative Versus Qualitative Research Methodologies is.
- I want to know what ethical behavior is.
REACTION:
This chapter proves that it is true enough that when it comes to gender issues or agenda, most of the people in the society do argue well, depending on the case to be argued. But I can say that gender issues/ agenda are one of the best issues arising in the society and even in the cloud. Meaning opinions, ideas and the like are really arising when it comes to this topic. We all know that gender issues is about men and women issues for most, and to this issues most of the times women are always compared to men in terms of abilities, knowledge and techniques/ ways as to how they deal with things, or even with life.
According to the author, for centuries, the differences between men and women were socially defined and distorted through a lens of sexism in which men assumed superiority over women and maintained it through domination. As the goal of equality between men and women now grows closer we are also losing our awareness of important differences. In some circles of society, politically correct thinking is obliterating important discussion as well as our awareness of the similarities and differences between men and women. The vision of equality between the sexes has narrowed the possibilities for discovery of what truly exists within a man and within a woman. The world is less interesting when everything is same.
The different concepts are discussed through recognizing, understanding, discussing as well as acting skillfully in light of the differences between men and women can be difficult. Our failure to recognize and appreciate these differences can become a lifelong source of disappointment, frustration, tension and eventually our downfall in a relationship. Not only can these differences destroy a promising relationship, but most people will grudgingly accept or learn to live with the consequences. Eventually they find some compromise or way to cope. Few people ever work past these difficulties. People tend to accept what they don’t understand when they feel powerless to change it.
It discussed the information and computer ethics has emerged as an important area of philosophical and social theorizing, combining conceptual, meta-ethical, normative, and applied elements. As a result, academic interest in this area has increased dramatically, particularly in computer science, philosophy, and communications departments; business schools; information and library schools; and law schools.
LESSON LEARNED:
- Computer ethics is a new area of applied ethics with a rapidly burgeoning portfolio of ethical case studies and problems.
- Care ethics is a cornerstone of most approaches toward feminist ethics.
- Gender and computer ethics include work on women’s under representation in the computing profession.
INTEGRATIVE QUESTIONS:
