Tag: ETHICAL

The launch of the iPad may have opened the door to an entirely new world of media consumption, but it's also opened up a whole new set of questions about how enhanced, e-reader consumer behavior will fit into pre-existing legal frameworks. In his New York Times ethics column, Randy Cohen entertains a particularly compelling question from a reader who asks whether downloading a pirated copy of a ...

Even with Arnold Schwarzenegger in charge of California, we humans need to smarten up if we're to avoid the doomsday future foretold in movies like 'The Terminator' or 'The Matrix.' With robots on the verge of being able to think and feel on their own (like good ol' Johnny Five from 'Short Circuit'), and humans increasingly getting replaced on the job by robots, a no holds barred battle between ...