Abstract
Early summer 2005 the Conference of Computer Ethics: Philosophical Enquiry (CEPE) took place in Enschede, The Netherlands. There, a couple of participants of the conference presented papers about so-called “convergence technology” which means that ICT and life sciences are converging – it is supposed that some day there will be no real difference of ICT and biologically or genetically engineered artifacts. One of those speakers argued that it is inevitable that people will use that technology – for example ICT implants. But strangely and to the discomfort of most of the other participants he refused to give another moral justification than merely the statement that it is up to the people whether or not to use such technology. It seems that he was not aware of the fact – or maybe refused to see it – that such technology can produce a couple of severe problems on the medical as well as on the social side.
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