Tuesday, December 9, 2014

Religion and Ethics

Religion is an interesting social structure in that it unites a group of people under a set of morals that are not created (hypothetically) by any one individual; and yet each individual under that religion agrees to abide by those moral principles, regardless of their own misgivings or opinions. While computer scientists may not all agree on religion as a community, we have been working towards a set of moral ethics in order to promote order and greater unity, something that some religions have done in the past and continue to do today. Regardless of one's opinion of religion, moral codes have given greater structure of communities that have allowed for increased growth and innovation. The computer science community is no exception, and so it is imperative that we, as computer scientists, work together in the development of our moral code for the creation of a highly innovative technology development community.