As a computer user, do you approve of an ordering principle, in the form of legislation, being formulated and enforced to govern computer use? Why? Why not?

               Computer has been a very useful thing to us specially in doing our work/job easier and faster, and as a concern citizen having an ordering principle, in the form of legislation governing computer use very nice idea. Why? because this law will help us to know our limitations in using computers. Without this law people will do what ever they wanted without thinking if it is good or not....So we need to be aware of it.

Most Predominant Theory

          I think the theory that predominates the world of computing today is the idea of Mill's Utilitarianism. I say this because computer users now a days don't think enough of what they are doing. Just like hacking, they do this because they believe that they have the capability to do it and that is their own happiness even though they know it is illegal. Also pornography, many are still patronizing pornography because they get pleasure in it and they earned much money from it. This are some way how people become happy of their own.     

Preliminary Theories

* Morally good under all circumstances

            CREATING PROGRAMS/SOFTWARE FOR BUSINESS DOMAIN

                  - it is morally good under all circumstances in a way that you can help people who are engage in business domain by making their work more easier and simpler by creating programs/software. For example, they record manually and to make their work easier we can create programs/software for this circumstances. So in preliminary theory, I consider it as Relativism because truths depend on the individual and group holding them.

* Morally bad under all circumstances

            PRIVACY (GADGETS, SOCIAL NETWORKING SITES, ETC.)

                  - it is morally bad under all circumstance because we don't respect the privacy of other people who really own that thing. For example, you borrow cellphone to your friend and as a friend you should know your limitation because in the first place it is not yours. In this case you are violating Absolutism because you violate the standard or the universal law which is human rights.

* Morally good/bad under certain circumstances

            SOFTWARE PIRACY

                  - software piracy for me is considered as morally good/bad under certain circumstances. It is good when you use the software for academic purposes and bad in the sense that you are using the software to earn money.

Law Governing Computer Use

According to http://www.oocities.org/rodelynaguinaldo.                 
                One of the law would be the Law on Piracy.Section 33-b of Republic Act 8792, Part V, defines piracy as the unauthorized copying, reproduction, dissemination, distribution, importation, use, removal, alteration, substitution, modification, storage, uploading, downloading, communication, making available to the public, or broadcasting of protected material, electronic signature or copyrighted works including legally protected sound recordings or phonograms or information material on protected works, through the use of telecommunication networks, such as, but not limited to, in the internet, in the manner that infringes intellectual property rights shall be punished by a minimum fine of one hundred thousand pesos ( P 100,000.00) and a maximum commensurate to the damage incurred and a mandatory imprisonment of six(6) months to three(3) years.

               The laws mentioned above underpinned the non-jural laws like moral law and natural law, because these human actions violate righteousness, justice, equity and fairness.

PERSONAL CODE OF ETHICS

• Follow God/Worship Him.
• Treat people as you want to be treated yourself
• Value basic human dignity and rights and will not intentionally cause harm to another human being.
• Keep our promises and honor our commitments.
• Be transparent in our purpose and act in a manner that is fair and just for all concerned.
• View our life as a gift and be grateful for it and our circumstances each and every day.
• Be optimistic and look for a larger purpose behind our actions.