To function out of survival needs is very different than a growth orientation. It is easy to become distracted and lost in the political, legal, and socio-image aspects thereby losing any focus of an ethical approach. What is legal can and often does represent a social moral minimum. Yet there are drawbacks in equating unethical behavior with criminal or illegal behavior. One drawback is that it assumes that being legal is more important than being ethical.
Ethics require conceptual thought.
Ethics is a viable option for technological change but is seldom considered. Usually we are not equipped to deal with such issues in a concrete way because we lack a concept and a method. This document is a living document created through conversations and discussions among many people, anyone may join in. Feel free to copy, distribute and use this document for educational purposes only, and not for commercial or any other purpose. Please send comments to Carrie Beverly.