26. thesis #3
We follow a near-sighted
utilitarianism code of action
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27. utilitarianism
An ethical philosophy in which the happiness of the greatest
number of people in the society is considered the greatest
good. According to this philosophy, an action is morally
right if its consequences lead to happiness (absence of pain),
and wrong if it ends in unhappiness (pain).
Source: http://www.businessdictionary.com/definition/utilitarianism.html
28. summary
If your actions resulted in happiness
for a majority of people, you did good.
It’s OK, if some became unhappy.
42. what should be taken into account
First formulation of the categorical imperative
“Act only according to that maxim
whereby you can at the same time will
that it should become a universal law.”
Immanuel Kant, Groundwork of the Metaphysic of Morals
43. summary
Always act in a way,
that you want everybody to act, too
44. conclusion
As we are designing deterministic systems,
we should consider Kant’s thoughts.
47. When we design, we
always change something to
the complex system, that’s called
society
If we design a chair, a sign or a website, we always
need to consider the impact to the system.
This is what we must design at first,
not the product.
48. My stand as of today
Change things in a way, that it becomes
easier for others to do good instead of bad.
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