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TECH HAS CAUSED MORE HARM THAN GOOD


MEDICAL SCIENCE – GOOD
BUT SOME HARM – EG ETHICAL ISSUES
HOWEVER WE HAVE ETHICS COMMITTEES/PEOPLE USE THEIR OWN JUDGEMENT OF RIGHT AND WRONG SO CANNOT SAY MORE HARM THAN GOOD…WHEN PEOPLE ARE NORE FOCUSSED ON AND THANKFUL FOR THE BENEFITS

TECHNOLOGY – GADGETS – COMPUTER ETC
GREAT BECAUSE….
OF COURSE THERE IS HARM …CRIME/PORN ETC
HOWEVER – WHY EMPHASISE ON THE HARM WHEN THE GOOD IT DOES PROPELS THE WORLD TO GREATER HEIGHTS….IT IS THE MISUSE AND OVERUSE OF TECH THAT CAUSES THIS HARM….AGAIN THIS HARM does not affect everybody
IN OTHER WORDS IT HAS THE POTENTIAL TO DO A LOT MORE GOOD THAN HARM IF PEOPLE USE IT WISELY


LIKEWISE FOR SPACE TECH, ETC
THE RIPPLE EFFECTS; THE TECHNOLOGIES THAT ARE BORNE OUT OF THIS AREA..BENEFITS THE AVERAGE JOE
HARM – A FEW COMPLAINTS ABT TAXPAYERS MONEY GOING TO WASTE…
MORE GOOD THAN HARM - harm is insignificant

OF COURSE THERE ARE VALID ARGUEMTNS THAT WEAPONS ETC CAUSES MMORE HARM – REASONS GIVEN
AGAIN – WE CANNOT UNDERPLAY THE BENEFITS OF DEFENCE/BEING A FORMIDABLE FORCE SO NO ONE CAN EVEN THINK ABOUT WAR…
THERE IS POTENTIAL TO DO MORE HARM THAN GOOD – BUT WE DO HAVE, ESPECAILLY WITH NUCLEAR TECH SOME VERY CAREFUL MEASURES TO PREVENT PROLIFERATION AND MISUSE - the harm here is sometimes a necessary byproduct of the good it can do
GENERALLY – MORE GOOD THAN HARM – PROVIDED THE MAJORITY USE THESE TECH WISELY AND PRUDENTLY

VARIOUS WAYS – TO PREVENT HARM AND ALSO TO ENSURE THAT THE HARM IS SOLVED/REDUCED WHEN IT ARISES SO THAT WE CAN ENJOY THE BENEFITS TO THE MAX

REMEMBER….BEING SO PESSIMISTIC AND MAINTAINING THAT IT CAUSES MORE HARM THAN GOOD – IS A SUREFIRE WAY OF HINDERING PROGRESS…..