This course examines ethical issues relevant to ethics for cybersecurity professionals, including privacy, professional code of conduct, practical conflicts between engineering ethics and business practices, individual and corporate social responsibility, ethical hacking, information warfare, and cyberwarfare. Students will gain a broad understanding of central issues in cyberethics and the ways that fundamental ethical theories relate to these core issues.<\/p>\n
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Looking back through the semester I have gained a lot of new knowledge, in fact, out of all of my classes <\/span>
this semester this is the one that I have gained the most knowledge in. I say that because this is my first <\/span>
ever ethics class, so I was introduced to ethics and the things that it is centered around, things we as <\/span>
humans deal with almost every day. As I look back there are three main things I got from the \u201cTools for <\/span>
Ethical Reasoning\u201d tab in class this semester that I feel will stick with me and help me advance in my <\/span>
career as well as life. The first one would have to be from the first assignment which was <\/span>
\u201cconsequentialist\u201d which could also be \u201cutilitarianism\u201d. \u201d<\/span> Consequentialism focuses on the <\/span>
consequences of the actions people take. For a consequentialist, an action is right if the <\/span>
consequences of that action were good, and wrong if the consequences of that action were bad. <\/span>
A common form of consequentialism is called \u201cutilitarianism\u201d. A utilitarian thinks that the <\/span>
consequences of an action are good exactly when the consequences increase the amount of <\/span>
good in the world\u2014the right action is the one that maximizes the amount of happiness and <\/span>
minimizes the amount of suffering.\u201d I chose this because it helped me understand that a lot of <\/span>
things in life are selfish and things that people may think are the right thing is sometimes not the <\/span>
right thing. It helped me understand how to make the best decisions in life and in my field of <\/span>
work and that is why I chose this as the first one. <\/span>
The second most important one would be \u201cdeontology\u2019 or \u201cKantian\u201d based on the well-known <\/span>
Immanuel Kant. \u201cDeontology focuses on people\u2019s reasons for acting in considering whether a <\/span>
particular action is right or wrong. Specifically, what one should do in any given situation is the <\/span>
action that is based on the best reasons. Kant held that one could do something that resulted in <\/span>
good things but that was motivated by bad reasons. When this happens, the person has still <\/span>
done something wrong. So, imagine a person who decides not to be a criminal because he is <\/span>
scared of going to jail. For Kant, even though this person ends up doing good thing, his reasons <\/span>
are bad, and so he has done something immoral. The person should have opted not to be a <\/span>
criminal because he should have acted for the sake of duty and out of a responsibility to respect <\/span>
others.\u201d I chose this because it opened my mind up that no everyone does everything for the <\/span>
right reasons and it made me think about how bad the world would actually be if people carried <\/span>
out their thoughts. This stood out to me because it made me want to always think positive and <\/span>
do what is best for the right reasons. I feel as If that can go a long way, just being genuine and <\/span>
positive in everything I do from home to work. <\/span>
The last thing that stood out to me \u201cvirtue ethics\u201d or \u201cubuntu\u201d. Virtue ethics looks at morality as <\/span>
an aspect of personal character rather than considering effects (like consequentialism) or <\/span>
intention (like deontology) or social systems (like contractarianism) or relationships and roles <\/span>
(like ethics of care and Confucianism) or shared humanity (like ubuntu). This sat well with me <\/span>
just because it focuses striving for a great life but without forgetting that we all still have room to <\/span>
grow and I believe that should sit well with everyone because nobody is perfect. We all should <\/span>
still live our life to the best of our capabilities and find the areas we need to grow in so that we <\/span>
can continue to be better as a whole. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n