ITM 407 Study Guide - Final Guide: Digital Divide, Object Code, Lawrence Lessig

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Information Technology Management
• Course: ITM 407
• Professor: Debashish Roy

Document Summary

Reports or describes what the case is. Non-moral: prescribe or evaluate in matters involving standards such as art and sports. Moral: prescribe or evaluate in matters having to do with fairness and obligation. A system of rules for guiding human conduct, and principles for evaluating those rules. Rules (of conduct) that guide our actions, and thus direct us to behave in certain ways. Rules of conduct guide our actions at the macro-ethical level by helping us frame social policies. Rules of conduct in a moral system are evaluated by way of standards. The rules are known to all of the members. The rules are informal, not like formal laws in a legal system. The system is based on principles of logical reason accessible to all its members. The system is not partial to any one group or individual. Ethicists study morality from the perspective of philosophical methodology and they appeal to logical arguments to justify their positions.