Exercise 1.

Reading Comprehension Task

Name: Don Jay B. De Lima

Course/Section: BSCR 1A

1. What is a human rights-based approach to science, technology, and development?

A human right based on science, technology, and development aims to put

human rights at the center of how the international community responds to pressing
global issues.

2. How do you documents and their key principles presented in Table 2 position human
rights in the intersection of technology and humanity?

Human rights as a common goal for all peoples and nations, with the goal of
every individual and every organ of society, keeping this declaration in mind, teaching
and educating to promote respect for these rights and freedoms, and securing them
through progressive national and international measures.

3. Why should human rights be at the core of scientific and technological advancement?

We've become accustomed to thinking of education and health care as public

goods that should be supported and made available to everyone. The right to science
invites us to take a similar attitude to science and technology. When used for these
purposes, technology has a huge potential to save and enhance lives.

4. What is the danger of using human rights as merely decorative moral dimension of
scientific and technological policies?

Many anticipated dangers to human rights from scientific discoveries have now
become reality, such as violation of privacy through electronic recording, loss of health
and livelihood as a result of climate change, and control over individual autonomy via
advancements in genetics and neuroscience.

5. Do you agree that Mukherjee’s assertion that a human rights-based approach to

science, technology, and development can form the very heart of sustainable futures?
Explain.

Yes, science and technology have a significant effect on our daily life. Certain
intellectual rights, such as the ability to discuss and share ideas, are required for
innovation science and technology.
Assignment 8. Reading Comprehension Task

Name: Don Jay B. De Lima

Course/Section: BSCR 1A

a. What are the ethical dilemmas posed by robotics?

A robot may not damage a human being or enable a human being to come to
danger as a result of its inactivity. Except when such directions clash with the First Law,
a robot must obey the directions issued to it by humans. As long as this protection does
not clash with the First or Second Laws, a robot must defend its own existence.

b. Which among the instruments for a human rights-based approach to science,

technology, and development discussed in this section may be useful in contending with
the ethical dilemmas of robotics?

The three rules will be beneficial in dealing with robotics' ethical concerns.
Certain robots were created by Isaac Asimov to observe and observe these principles in
order for them to be safe and protect humanity. This is an example of a human rights-
based science and technology application, since it primarily evaluates and focuses on
human rights that may be infringed by these man-made robots.

c. How can the instrument inform lawyers and ethicist and engineers and scientist in
answering

The moral and legal questions raised by the developments in robotics?

The three rules will aid in the protection of human rights at all costs, as well as assisting
the robot in determining what is ethically good and proper, despite the difficulty of doing
so. The robot will be completely functional toward humans and will adhere to the rules
that it has been instructed to observe. It will be able to comprehend the scenario, as well
as the person's feelings, and correctly act towards it.
a. Do you agree that Google is making human stupid? Why or why not?

I disagree that Google is causing us to become stupid. It does make us

dependent on search engines, but it does not make us stupid. It's more like the polar
opposite because it satisfies our curiosity by rapidly disseminating facts that can't be
obtained as quickly through traditional ways.

b. What moral and ethical duty must be imposed upon the duty-bearer, in this case
Google, in protecting the well-being and dignity of humans?

The safety of our personal information is Google's principal moral and ethical
obligation to us, the search engine's users. We all have our own private information
stored on websites within the search engine, and we don't want it released to the general
public.

c. What responsible do the right holders, in these case Google users, carry in ensuring a
human rights-based approach to the use of internet?

The risks of specific websites are a duty that we, as Google users, should
acknowledge. Some websites feature advertisements that can trick you into installing
malware, which is extremely harmful to your machine.