Why do "good people" do "bad things"?
Video: "Personal Ethics And the Future of the World", narrated by Meg Ryan, produced by David Hoffman
Themes from the documentary:
Ethical Dilemma is never a choice of absolute right or wrong
"Ethical Fitness"
Respect for-
Self
Reality
Community
Life
Future
Are Ethical People Happier? A Study by Harvey S. James, Jr. and Athanasios G. Chymis of the University of Missouri
A study finds that doing the right thing pays tangible benefits.
The Pursuit of Happiness - The U.S. Declaration of Independence
"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness."
Bobby McFerrin - Don't Worry Be Happy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-diB65scQU
Case Study: Lethal Autonomous Weapons
"Germany and Drones", by Lucian Kim, NY Times 2/5/2013
http://latitude.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/02/05/germany-and-drones/
Are armed drones "ethically neutral?"
"Florence and the Drones", By David Brooks, NY Times 2/7/2013
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/08/opinion/brooks-florence-and-the-drones.html?_r=0
From a pragmatic viewpoint, do leaders have to be cruel to be kind?
"Drones for America", Op-ed cartoon By Drew Christie, NY Times 2/18/2013
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/19/opinion/drones-for-america.html?nl=opinion&emc=edit_ty_20130219
Ban Autonomous Weapons
https://autonomousweapons.org
Drone Signature Strikes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=REgXpGKB2O8
‘The Business of War’: Google Employees Protest Work for the Pentagon, By Scott Shane and Daisuke Wakabayashi, NY Times 4/4/2018
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/04/technology/google-letter-ceo-pentagon-project.html
"Google Will Not Renew Pentagon Contract That Upset Employees", By Scott Shane and Daisuke Wakabayashi, NY Times 6/1/2018
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/01/technology/google-pentagon-project-maven.html