Morals of Technology

Determining the proper uses for technology in most cases can generally benefit you and society if used correctly. People can significantly better themselves just by learning on their own using the internet. It is whether or not people have the integrity to learn that will determine how disciplined they are on the internet. Today most people with access to the internet do not use it to their full beneficial needs because they are always distracted by something else that prevents them from truly utilizing the internet.

There are many more things apart from just being distracted that technology has made us, the fact we as humans interact less with one another is also another effect of technology development. As the author, Jeffrey S. McQuillen states, “...where once women gathered at the water's edge to do the laundry in social groups outside the home; men and women now go to the laundry room and turn on the washing machine, quickly returning to the comfort of the living room, kitchen, or den. The tools that were originally designed to aid in the execution of some activity have come to replace that activity. Human input goes from maximum to almost nonexistent. The telephone permits ordering food to be delivered to our front door, cable access provides the convenience of ordering recent-release movies for home viewing, Internet availability permits shopping for "almost anything" online. A consumer can take advantage of all of these services and never leave the comfort and isolation of home” (McQuillen 616). In other other words, McQuillen is stating that technology has now become a major third party in our social lives that deters us away from normal face to face interactions.

When it comes to situations like this I think back to when I went to go visit my home country, Nigeria. During the time I spent in Nigeria I was able to take note of their social interactions apart from our normal ones here in the U.S. During the evening people would gather together in one area and testify what they were grateful for to God. The huge difference in the way they conducted their social lives in comparison to the normal culture in the U.S. was hugely noticeable. Furthermore, given the evidence of how technology is not mandatory for survival we should use this country as a prime example of how we should act amongst ourselves.

McQuillen, Jeffrey S. "The influence of technology on the initiation of interpersonal relationships (1)." Education 123.3 (2003): 616+. Academic OneFile. Web. 19 Nov. 2012. <http://go.galegroup.com.libproxy.howardcc.edu/ps/i.do?id=GALE%7CA100806953&v=2.1&u=colu91149&it=r&p=AONE&sw=w>

(Ethical perspective 440)