Friday, December 16, 2005

Computer Ethics at UPOU



This semester I'm enrolled at the University of the Philippines (Open University) via distance learning for a subject elective called "Computer Ethics" (IS 201). Besides the usual moral and ethical discussions on the uses and abuses of the computer today in cyberspace, resources and links are also given for us to read and further our worldview of what's happening globally and how ethical principles are applied locally.

As I do the study, I'm becoming more convinced of the saying "Think Global, Act Local" as a prime principle for approaching the subject of computer ethics and the formulation of its local policies.

And they also require us to put our thoughts down in web format. I've created another website for it and entitled it: "My Academic Journey" (PS. posting of Mr King's cartoon under "Fair use of copyright materials")

Amazing how amidst such technological change, universal ethical principles remain virtually intact. People long for an ordered universe to make this world a place worth living. In their search for the unchanging values of truth, justice, and order, will they find the Unchanging You as the Root, the Cause and the Source of it all?