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Then you need to look at the business requirements and judge whether or not you agree with those goals. Or when you implement those requirements, do you claim to "just be following orders"?

The computer is just a tool. Software is just a tool. A knife is just a tool. It's their use which poses a moral/ethical question.

If you know what the software you are building will be used for, you have to decide if you agree with that use or not. Of course, it could always be taken and used for another purpose. You might have the wisdom and intelligence to see that ahead of time and object, or try to add safeguards. You might not. Grady's whole point was to be thinking about it and to not blindly implement whatever requirements you are given.
Posted by: fsjjunkie   Posted on: 10/16/07 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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(rolling eyes)  wolf_z | 10/15/07
Won't matter in any way, shape or form.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 10/15/07
Well, that's where the  Badgered | 10/15/07
Manhattan Project  Anton Philidor | 10/15/07
few minor points, but I agree with the conclusion  shryko | 10/15/07
Uh, Anton  Linux User 147560 | 10/15/07
Wouldn't matter.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 10/15/07
And onto advertising  deandonaldson | 10/15/07
Software Morality  ceh4702 | 10/15/07
Software and morality  fsjjunkie | 10/16/07
RE: Debating the morality behind software development  DaveAtFraud | 10/15/07
Nuclear power?  Resuna | 10/15/07
Nuclear Power  fsjjunkie | 10/16/07
RE: Debating the morality behind software development  mintech | 10/15/07
Then touch on the other side  GuidingLight | 10/15/07
Ethical Programming  ceh4702 | 10/16/07
To do or not too do  THEE WOLF | 10/16/07
Lolz!  cardinal4 | 10/16/07
Respect of other's privacy is a moral issue  acarreira | 10/16/07
Become a politician  lena.breijer@... | 10/16/07
Can anybody think of any technology that could not be deployed...  JohnMcGrew@... | 10/16/07
Software Patents Should be Outlawed  ceh4702 | 10/16/07
What is moralilty?  tomnator | 10/16/07
and that  Badgered | 10/16/07
Its not nukes, its dictatorships.  lschw1 | 10/16/07
1984-- Today  Wudpecker13@... | 10/16/07
Kermit software - only for "peaceful and humane purposes"  jcd-zdnet@... | 10/16/07
RE: Debating the morality behind software development  jhollingworth | 10/16/07
RE: Debating the morality behind software development  blindspeed | 10/18/07

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