Ethics and Computers

  Do to others what you would have them do to you, Matthew 7:12.  This simple phrase best describes the ethics one should uphold in our day.  It has been said that we live in a new age with advance technology that blurs the lines between right and wrong.  This can be true when one is basing their ideology on current legal systems.  What can be patented, shared, or even hacked can be confusing based on the modern laws upheld by our government.  But there is an easier way to determine technological ethics.  One just has to ask, would I be able to tolerate it if it happened to me?  Would I be okay if someone shared my software for free or hacked into my account?  Such thoughts narrow down right and wrong because if we wouldn't want it to happen to us, then we know to abstain from doing it.