Technical activity automatically eliminates every nontechnical activity or transforms it into technical activity. This does not mean, however, that there is any conscious effort or directive will. Jacques Ellul
Tuesday, August 30, 2011
Bacon's statement about technological progress being looked at as moral progress is a very debatable statement. It seems that the more technology presented to us the more opportunities we are given to be immoral. Moral progress would be understanding right and wrong and choosing to do right. War technology is used to protect but is used endlessly to kill one another. Cell phones are for making calls when necessary but many times are used to contact people we shouldn't, text and drive harming others on the road, and send pictures we know we shouldn't. Computers are meant for quick access to information and people but they allow children to meet strangers, and allows us to look up inappropriate and illegal material. With every technology created, there is a way to misuse it, and if there is a way to misuse it, humans will. Not all and maybe not even most of us fall into this group of people who use technology in an immoral way. So I'd say technological progress isn't necessarily moral progress because it is not helping humans choose between right and wrong. Technological progress is a positive progress allowing us quicker access to information, people, results, and safety. But the morality of it depends on how it is used by each person.
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