Ethical Argument Analysis

In our ethical argument we judge the morality of a computer break-in based on students who use unauthorized access to look at private academic information acted immorally. Student’s applying to Harvard found instructions on how to hack into he school’s databases to look at unreleased admission information due to curiosity. These students who hacked into Harvard acted immorally. Although, Harvard invited the “hackers” to explain there motivates to justify their break-ins. Their motives for acting unethical states, that all information should be free. The students believe the the information is for the public, and there should be no restrictions that prevents them from viewing their own information.. Although in terms of Kant we take universal …show more content…
Under Kant’s view of universal law we must approach the situation by applying ethic values widespread and common knowledge. Under this idea of Universal acceptability2, the students must realize that there choice of looking that the results of their acceptance was breaking moral law. Kant means act only if you can will the action into a universal law. We can test the morality of this rule, by whether all rational beings looking at the matter objectivity and impartially could accepts the rule regardless of whether the action in question was performed by them or done to them. It is common knowledge not to steal or as Merriam-Webster had described hacking the information privately owned by …show more content…
Kant’s beliefs came from that idea that everyone has a procession of rationality, thus their claim of “curiosity” is not rational if thought against the harm they had caused. Kant’s believed that moral reasoning is not based on factual knowledge and that the results of our actions do not determine whether right or wrong. The second formulation of the categorical imperative is the humans would act inconsistently if they did not treat everyone else the way they themselves would want to be treated. In applying this to the case we view hacking to find a private information show a fault in moral ethics, but should the school have gone to such great lengths to deny the students. We apply this alternative theory because rational being recognize their own inner worth, they would never wish to be used if they were entities possessing value only as means to an end. 68 The students wanted the information, but in the reverse position, many of the students would agree with Harvard consequences. The student’s inability to see the post issues after hacking, because they were not rational in