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of the curios moral and ethics decisions people made which keeps me wondering is
Bradley (Chelsea) Manning’s case. Why somebody would disclose nearly
three-quarters of a million of sensitive military and diplomatic documents to
WikiLeaks? Why somebody would break own oath to the Military and own Country? Why
somebody would risk numerous lives of own colleagues? What was the motivation
behind that? People might have different opinion about the Bradley (Chelsea)
Manning’s case, some may depict him/her as whistle blower or something else;
but fact remains the same he/she did enormous damage to the organization he/she
promised to serve.
Since
this topic is kind of related to computing and military, I will try to bring up
one of the great military philosophers Carl Von Clausewitz and his
philosophical aspects on this topics. Many people believe Clausewitz did the
greatest and most influential work in the philosophy of war and brought moral
aspect onto it.
P.S. After the fruitful discussion in the class this afternoon, I'm no longer committed to philosopher Carl Von Clausewitz for this project.
P.S. After the fruitful discussion in the class this afternoon, I'm no longer committed to philosopher Carl Von Clausewitz for this project.
What some people do you cannot make sense of it. Why did a pilot crash a plane full of passengers? Why did the airline let him fly even thought they knew he had mental illness issues. Some people do things just for attention and notoriety.
ReplyDeleteYou are right.
DeleteManning’s decision demands an examination of how whistleblowers and journalists deal with ethical issues that are not clear-cut or straightforward. Manning’s case should spark some hard questions about the value of the press as a check on governmental power, and the extent to which the mainstream press has ceded ground to organizations like Wikileaks.
ReplyDeleteI always wonder about the people arguing about who should have more power, government, private companies, media or somebody else? There is no guarantee that these whistle blowers or journalists doesn't have any hidden agendas.
DeleteI don't know if this act was about attention or notoriety, but I don't see any reason to risk the safety of your colleagues or nation or anyone else.
ReplyDeleteYeah that's what I think.
DeleteThis person clearly had no moral values, because not only is it against the law to do this, but this person should feel bad for leaking information of the nation that they live in. The nation that protects them.
ReplyDeleteThis person clearly had no moral values, because not only is it against the law to do this, but this person should feel bad for leaking information of the nation that they live in. The nation that protects them.
ReplyDeleteI just wonder about the Oath this person took.
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