Computer Ethics

In my opinion, among all of the Ten Commandments of computer ethics defined by the Computer Ethics Institute, the one most relevant to my major project is "Thou shalt think about the social consequences of the program you write or the system you design". Almost all the people living on this planet has already been or will be associated with graphics whether it is related to work or entertainment such as an animator working to produce animations for people of different ages to enjoy. This commandment is significant in this area. 

When animating for other people, you need to consider the fact about whether most of your audience will be children, teenagers or adults. If a gory or sexual scene appeared in the animations made for children, it may cause dire consequences to their mental health and growth that would most likely affect their future if exposed to these kinds of animations for a long time. This is also the reason why in some movies, a notice or warning would appear at the beginning, mentioning whether the movie will be rated 18+ or if a parent's guidance and permission is needed to watch it.

Other than animations, graphics can also be found everywhere on the internet. People would design websites for educational, entertainment or private purposes. You could find sexual content displayed as an advertisement in some normal websites by accident which could be discovered by underaged children. As the use of technology is increasing in the recent decade, there would be more harmful content exposed to children in the future. However, there are preventive measures on how to restrict and control the content exposed to your children due to the current technology which could be improved further in the future.

As first mentioned in the beginning, this is solely based on my personal opinion.