A friend of mine died and I didn't know because of algorithms

Re:A friend of mine died and I didn't know because of algori... by chii on Tuesday December 19, 2017 @12:53AM (#15958087)

> philosophers were content with "there is no right answer, but there have been many thoughts on what exactly is ethical".

i propose that all legal actions are ethical, and all illegal actions unethical. There shouldn't be actions that are considered unethical, but legal (and, for completeness's sake, no ethical action is illegal either).

Then, society will need to continue to codify their ethical framework as law.

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Re:A friend of mine died and I didn't know because of algori... by chaosite on Tuesday December 19, 2017 @03:32AM (#15958661)

Absolutely not.

Laws are based on ethics, but not everything that is unethical is also unlawful.

It's usually legal to lie, break promises, exaggerate, and other things that I would consider unethical. I also submit that the should remain legal and unethical. Lying to my parents about some detail of my personal life I don't wish to share is unethical, but shouldn't be illegal.

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Re:A friend of mine died and I didn't know because of algori... by pvdebbe on Tuesday December 19, 2017 @05:53AM (#15959287)

And also ethics is subjective, a matter of one's taste. It wouldn't make sense to equate law and ethics just like that.

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