Ethics for the Cyber World!

Abstract

Technology has enabled human race to modern living and associated benefits. Technological progress will continue and endow humanity with unprecedented power which will give rise to tremendous opportunities and risks. Since the advent of INTERNET, a set of crimes called Cyber Crimes have emerged. Governments around the world and religious institutions have not been able to update the laws on proactive basis to counter cybercrimes. This has led to grown up individuals using internet technology on their understanding of whether they are crossing the line in making ETHICAL and UNETHICAL decisions while children and teenagers lack similar understanding and may stumble into cybercrimes. In this context Pope Francis, head of Catholic religion cleared the way for a young boy named Carlo Acutis born in 1991 and died aged 15 in 2006 to become a saint of Catholic Church. This article creates awareness of Cyber Crimes and of many users of internet especially the younger generation and teenagers stumbling into cybercrimes by mistake as they cross the line of ETHICAL and UNETHICAL decisions in the absence of formal laws. An example of Carlos Acutis “Patron Saint of the INTERNET” is used to demonstrate that in a world full of distractions it is still possible to find the right way for all age groups irrespective of their religion or nationality.