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- Biologist sees human morality evolving from the sociality of primates
- [i]Some animals are surprisingly sensitive to the plight of others. Chimpanzees, who cannot swim, have drowned in zoo moats trying to save others. Given the chance to get food by pulling a chain that would also deliver an electric shock to a companion, rhesus monkeys will starve themselves for several...
- Tags: onbliss, morality, Biologist
- Discussion threads 2007-03-23
- There is exactly one problem in the world, with many facets.
- Instead of working to earn what they want by merit, too many people attempt to impose their will on others by force or by fraud. The root of all evil is not greed. There is noting evil in the desire for things, but only in pursuing it at...
- Tags: Absolutely
- Discussion threads 2006-12-24
- Politics AND Religion, all in one thread !
- http://tinyurl.com/mmv8c"Six weeks after urging voters to elect only "tried and true" Christians, Senate candidate Katherine Harris is questioning her opponent's faith by saying he "votes completely contrary" to Christian principles. ""Harris said that God did not intend for the United States to be a "nation of secular laws" and that...
- Tags: Mickster269, religion, Christians
- Discussion threads 2006-10-06
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- should the government be allowed to moniter our computers
- should the government be able to keep tabs on what we do on our computers at work, home, hotspots,and everywhere else?Government, NONow, while at work your employeer DOES have the right to monitor if your going to hotchicks.com or some other site NOT related to work. Shoot, even this...
- Tags: Government, Web site development, PRODUCTIVITY, Telecom & Utilities, Vertical industries, narvash_red@..., phone, computer
- Discussion threads 2007-10-16
- Do software developers bear moral responsibility for tech features that may violate human rights?
- In his ZDNet blog this week, Charles Cooper interviews Grady Booch about the morality behind software development. Booch, the inventor of the Unified Modeling Language, talks about confronting questions of morality in regard to how governments later deploy their finished work. Booch takes issue in particular with...
- Tags: Software, Software Developer, Booch, Tools & Techniques, Management, Toni Bowers
- Blog posts 2007-10-16
- GoDaddy pulls security site after MySpace complaints
- A gray area to be sure, but where is the common sense?As stated in the article it is not really a case of a law violation but instead a case of bad decorum. People who place their personal information in the hands of anyone associated with the internet, needs...
- Tags: Fyodor, PsiFiScout, security, it management, internet privacy, GoDaddy, MySpace, Internet
- Discussion threads 2007-02-02
- GWB's first Presidential Veto
- GWB's first Presidential VetoGeorge W Bush has vetoed a bill which would have lifted a ban on federal funding for new embryonic stem cell research. He is quoted as saying "It crosses a moral boundary that our decent society needs to respect, so I vetoed it,".The setting in which he...
- Tags: veto, embryo, GWB, religious nutters, heretic burning next!, stem cells, neilb@..., off-topic, George W Bush, stem-cell
- Discussion threads 2006-07-20
- Kazaa case study ..... Pllzz help
- The Kazaa software allows you to search and download content that is shared by premium content providers or by other Kazaa users; create your own files and distribute them using Kazaa.Note that it is possible for a user when sharing/distributing a folder, to inadvertently make subfolders also available to all...
- Tags: Kazaa, handa_gur@..., theory, project management, ethical theory, happiness, privacy
- Discussion threads 2007-02-13
- Change of subject
- I have an idea.The whole "What has been happening lately" threads have grown tiresome. I would like to start a new subject. One that really matters. Is the following possible??The Clash to Play with Rancid’s Tim Armstrong? Joe Strummer Related Content: Buy CD The Clash...
- Tags: change of subject, Clash, joe strummer, maecuff, off-topic, Paul Simonon, Rancid, the only band that matters, Tim Armstrong
- Discussion threads 2006-01-28
- Do software developers bear moral responsibility for tech features that may violate human rights?
- No answers, just more questions.Is gun manufactures responsible for misuse of their product? At the same time, the tobacco industry was made partially responsible for theirs.It might come down to, “If I don’t do it, someone else will, and they’ll get paid for it.”Should we include long documents of...
- Tags: Tools & Techniques, Development tools, pattern recognition, carlheydman_jr@..., software
- Discussion threads 2007-10-16
- I don't care who your daddy is... just take it elsewhere
- I intentionally didn't include this news story in the IT News Digest newsletter because it wasn't "hard-core" IT like the majority of my news selections... however, I doubt many people could deny the severity of this topic or at least would admit that they denied it. Check out the News.com...
- Tags: Adult, Daddy, Games, Gender And Diversity, Corporate Communications, Strategy, Personal Technology, Human Resources, Marketing, Management, Sonja Thompson
- Blog posts 2006-04-13
- Tech Ed '05, WYSIWIG blogs, weird LANs, game morality, & divorce tips
- Tech Ed '05, WYSIWIG blogs, weird LANs, game morality, & divorce tipsTECHREPUBLIC COMMUNITY NETNOTE NEWSLETTER [beta] for May 31, 2005TECH ED '05, WYSIWIG BLOGS, WEIRD LANs, GAME MORALITY, AND DIVORCE TIPS We've had a busy week here in the TechRepublic community, despite the U.S. Memorial Day holiday. We've already...
- Tags: blog, blogs, community netnote, feedback, game, game morality, LAN, site improvements, Tech Ed, teched2005, TechRepublic Inc., The Trivia Geek, weird LAN
- Discussion threads 2005-05-27
- I'm sure most high schoolers dont consider this punishment
- http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,18902696-38196,00.htmlI can't speak for Perthbut in the upper North Shore of Sydney where I live -- and where there are a number of girls private schools as well as public shcools -- I think that most 13-year-olds would find this offensive and their parents would most certainly throw a pink...
- Tags: mjwx
- Discussion threads 2006-04-24
- Cash-Based Ethics
- Cash-Based Ethicsre:(http://techrepublic.com.com/5208-6230-0.html?forumID=8&threadID=163536&messageID=1678311)TechRepublic member "olprof67" says that morality is measured in dollars and cents. This belief has terrible implications in the tech business world.For instance, many dot-coms were founded by folks with similarly sociopathic values. They would register a domain name, put up a web page, set up a...
- Tags: Bucky Kaufman (MCSD), camel, ethics, needle, off-topic
- Discussion threads 2004-11-21
- Kazaa case study ..... i did some it plzz give more example.....
- Application of theories of the issues in Kaaza.comConsequence-based ethical theories utilitarianAccording to consequence based ethical theory, Jeremy Bentham argued the principle of social utility and how consequence of social utility be measured that is measuring the social utility in the form of happiness. He focuses on the greatest good to...
- Tags: handa_gur@..., Kaaza.com Consequence, theory, project management, ethical theory, happiness, Kazaa, privacy, security
- Discussion threads 2007-02-13
- Why I passed on a free 32-inch LCD/Plasma TV
- You made the right call...I think you absolutely made the right choice. I've been in that situation several times in my capacity at the Credit Union where I work. Our AGM is always sparsely attended and our door prizes are often sufficient in number that everyone goes home...
- Tags: somethinggood4@..., LCD/plasma TV
- Discussion threads 2007-10-05
- Bumping old thread of mine :-)
- I am not sure if my post at the bottom of the 3 year old thread would bring the topic to any attention. http://techrepublic.com.com/5208-6230-0.html?forumID=3&threadID=140488&messageID=2113106I am not sure if many of the participants are still active.ps: funny how the old thread got the tag "networking" :-)NostalgiaI never thought a mere 3...
- Tags: culture, networking, off-topic, onbliss, politics
- Discussion threads 2006-10-24
- "You can't be objective..."
- "You can't be objective..."That was Jack Nelson, former Los Angeles Times reporter, describing the challenge of being "objective" while reporting on a lynching. On the same panel, Chuck Concomi, former Washington Post reporter, said it a little better. I have to paraphrase, but he said that he believed...
- Tags: Absolutely, emotion, not politics, objectivity, off-topic, philosophy
- Discussion threads 2006-02-24
- Superlinks, Linux lessons, leadership, wacky WLANs
- TECHREPUBLIC COMMUNITY NETNOTE NEWSLETTER for June 7, 2005SUPERLINKS, LINUX LESSONS, LEADERSHIP, WACKY WLANs, OS WORSHIP, AND SECULAR MORALITY Despite what the title above may suggest, it's actually been a slow week in the TechRepublic community, with the exception of our "Too Hot" threads, which are getting a fresh infusion...
- Tags: Blogging, UNIX, Operating systems, Web browsers, Bookmark, Favorites, Linux
- Discussion threads 2005-06-06
- Is the new MS WGA contributing to the SPAM problem?
- Is the new MS WGA contributing to the SPAM problem?A company in Palo Alto Blue Security tried to take on spammers by spamming them back.See:http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/05/16/AR2006051601873.html?nav=hcmoduletmvThe spammers used high jacked machines ("bots")to bring the Blue Security web site to its knees and cry uncle.Since most of the MS software in the...
- Tags: Microsoft Corp., WGA, security, pgm554, networking, MS Software
- Discussion threads 2006-06-15
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