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By technology we do not mean only artifacts. Technology refers to human uses, patterns of activity, ways of doing things etc. while emerging technologies stand for further advances and innovations made during the contemporary period in various fields of technologies. We presently have available at remarkably low costs remarkably powerful artifacts: what will be emerging are their human uses and effects. From applications to emergence: we seek to provoke reflection on the human, educational effects of this transition. Considering computers as one of the emerging technologies we may bring cyber ethical concerns into the scope of our lecture on what will be its impact on our life style and thought style ?

What is ethics in a technological society? Are agency and responsibility solely ascribable to humans? Collste finds that despite the increasing attention of many philosophers and ethicists to AI, there continues to exist a fair amount of conceptual muddiness on the conditions for assigning agency and responsibility to such systems, from both legal and ethical perspectives. To quote Collste: “The uses of computers give rise to many moral problems: Is it morally wrong to copy computer programs? Some would say –it is to steal another's property. But –some would object –this protection of property rights will prevent the “have nots” ,i.e. those who lack the economic resources needed to get hold of the programes-and there are many such in today's world-to take advantage of the new technology. Which is more important: property rights or social equality?” Is it morally right to gain unauthorized access to information that governments or companies want to hide? Of course not –some would say –these agencies have the right to protect certain important information. But ------others might reply –isn't the free flow of scientific and political information without restrictions a necessary condition for an open ⁱ and democratic society? ¹