Module 3 && 4

Computer Ethics and Technical Manual Preparation

 MODULE 3 and 4

1. Try to look at your parents or your guardians. When can you say they are being egoistic? Altruistic. Give one scenario for each.
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All forms of egoism require explication of “self-interest” (or “welfare” or “well-being”). There are two main theories. Preference or desire accounts identify self-interest with the satisfaction of one's desires. Often, and most plausibly, these desires are restricted to self-regarding desires. What makes a desire self-regarding is controversial, but there are clear cases and counter-cases: a desire for my own pleasure is self-regarding; a desire for the welfare of others is not.
http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/egoism/
           For me, there is a time/situation that parents become egoistic, good parent never push as to the things that we can’t handle just for their benefits. there is an instances that parent/s become egoistic like the father want his son/daughter to work abroad but the mother don't want to. That is why superiority leads to egoistic parents. Parents must try to understand the feeling of their children and fulfill their wishes through their own egoistic wishes. But for me, good parent are not egoistic at all they only want the best for their children. The absence of parent altruism would, of course, have profound consequences for the future life-chances of children. 

2. If you are to assess yourself, what kind of a person are you? Are you an egoist, or an altruist? Discuss in relevance to your own experiences in computing. 
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           If I asses myself what kind of person I am either Egoist or Altruist? For me, I consider myself as an egoist typed person because there are many instances that people around me try to ask or help for assistance, I had a time for them to listen and if they approaches me assisting them I immediately help. But there also a time I become egoistic, there is a situation that people abuse my kindness, so my egoistic personality will trigger. For me, helping others make me happy and aid my self-confidence.
 
3. As Aristotle says, “for as it is not one swallow or one fine day that makes a spring, so it is not one day or a short time that makes a man blessed and happy.” … Discuss in relevance to your own experiences in computing