Moral Philosophy and IT (Reflection)

The question of the week: What does the rational-technical perspective have to do with morality in educational technology?

In my mind I took this to mean an over-dependence on our forms of "scientific logic" and belief in technologies as tools to be used for greater good. There is something very cold about the analytical and rational way of thinking that we have adopted and have applied to the world around us. We use that to assess the worth of educational technology as well. The technology is seen only as means to that end. The way I see it rationality and morality are two different things and they don't always agree with each other. It is the same in educational technology. Rationality argues that this is useful and good. Morality argues that this is harmful and bad. Most people do not take the morality side of the issue into consideration with everyday technology.