Chapter: Subsumption Ethics

Quote:

Subsumption in general is the process of building larger components from smaller ones. In this sense, a cell subsumes DNA function. American common law subsumes juridical decisions, and a half dryer subsumes an electric motor. Subsumption in computers is different because there is so much more subsumption going on than in simple machines.

What I expect to learn:

To define subsumption ethics

Review:                    

Subsumption may occur anytime, anywhere that is why looking into computer systems and how they get developed should really be a careful task.

As a student, we always get asked to do these group projects that honestly becomes redundant already so as a solution, I always write how I want to do down. A situation I applied that is just recently when my professor asked us to develop an HR (Human Resource) System with typical functionalities. We are used to developing such systems, quite frankly, that is the one system we’ve been developing since my first year so that was not so hard at all except that we need to develop it in a programming language we barely even heard of and so does google. As a solution, I just put into consideration some of what I heard of from our professor and I took down the points of my activities such as research and other lab work and just to make sure that I will develop this project in time, I made sure I put down the norms I want or I should follow because without it, I am sure is will get bored or just copy the work from another classmate who knows very well how to develop in that particular programming language. I am never a cheater and I maintained that since nursery so I know I won’t start now. This project may be tough but it is a challenge for me as a developer. It may not be that obvious but writing down what you should do and taking away those redundant activities during the development phase is a good thing especially in this industry because that way, we won’t waste both money and time which are known to be crucial in the IT industry.

What I learned:

·         Subsumption ethics

·         Systems Development

·         Organizational policy drives IT development

·         Axious of Subsumption ethics

o    Four axioms

·         Ethical Framework

·         Philosophical frameworks applied to subsumption ethics

·         Unnecessary complexity to common C programmers

·         Popclient becomes fetchmail

·         Fetchmail grows up

·         Few more lessons from fetchmail

·         Necessary preconditions for the bazaar style

·         The social context of open-source software

·         On management and the maginot line

Integrative Questions:            

1.    What is subsumption ethics?

2.    What is systems development?

3.    Enumerate the four axioms. Explain.

4.    What is the unnecessary complexity of a programmer?

5.    Why does organizational policy drives IT development?