Responsibility, ethics, and simulation

This paper consists of three parts: (I) In the introduction, basic terminology is reviewed; the relationship of ethics, philosophy, and civilization is given; respect for the rights of others is introduced as the essence of social order, one of the elements of civilization; and the need for courage in ethics is mentioned. (2) In the second part, ethics in topics other than but closely related to simulation is mentioned. In particular, some Websites are cited,which refer to ethical issues in science, engineering, business, computerization, software engineering, AI, software agents, the Internet, and defense industries. (3) The last parr, simulation and ethics, covers the following issues: Should there be a code of ethics for simulation? Where to start to develop a code of ethic for simulation? Whose responsibility? And responsibility to whom?