David
Hume (18th century, Scotland)
Summary
For
the property assignment (1), we chose the passage from David Hume’s “A Treatise of Human Nature, part 2,
section 2”. The passage is mostly about property and justice. “To imagine, that
we can have any idea of property, without fully comprehending the nature of
justice, and shewing its origin in the artifice and contrivance of man”. David
Hume finds that the government and industry uses the law as a playground. We
all live life to participate in ownership; it’s just at what price does it take
to fully endear the satisfaction of property. As society ventures more and more
into the future making way from computers robotic help we are freely giving up
our rights. The more we lose our individual autonomy of what makes us
innovators of the constant change in the new profound technology. While this
technology becomes a more vital part of daily activities, automate
decision-making process and continues to transform the way people communicate
and relate to each other. This further complicates the already problematic
tasks of attributing moral responsibility. The question to ask is when the
lawmakers naturally step in on the consumers behalf; will you be ready to
advocate for your rights and if so would the law respond to these potential
moral yet practical problems.
Examples
The
following situations in computing may apply to our passage:
1. Electronics have been integrated into
just about everything we buy; we live in a digital age. DMCA is impacting more
people than ever before because the line between hardware, software, physical
and digital which has become a blur when it comes to having the next great
device. “We should be able to lift the hood, unlock it, modify it, and repair
it … without asking for permission from the manufacturer”. Technology companies
like car manufacturers are moving beyond small features like autonomous
braking, lane assist, to fully workable cars that drive themselves with little
human oversight. With this technology taking off automakers are only interested
in profit and that they want to sell software upgrades for themselves, blocking
many tuners out of the business. The auto manufacturers would play a key role
in the product liability case regarding autonomous vehicles in one of the
trickiest issues to cross-over as self-driving cars continue their development.
As technology shapes and forms into new development the goal is to rage against
machine and march with the movement of autonomous cause its presently here with
or without you.
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to news article:
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2. Registry of deeds keep the records of
property and that is being made easy by computing and online applications. Some
cities are teaming up with technology companies to get their land records online.
In our given passage it reads as, “A man's property is some object related to
him”. If that is the case, there must be some type of recording system which
relates particular object to particular individual. In this big world, this can
be achieved by computing.
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3. Digitization is part of our daily life
and digital signatures are being introduced to save cost and time. Now we can
use digital signatures almost everywhere from tax return to signing huge
contracts by an athlete. Passage talks about leaving possession of goods of
another person, and expects reciprocation from another person. To achieve that
goal, there needs to be some kind of verbal or written agreement which can be
provided by communication and computing.
Link
to news article:
http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/accela-and-docusign-to-digitize-government-with-electronic-signatures-300238582.html
By
Ms. Pinkytoe and King Blue
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