For my ethical hacking philosophy project I shall explore
the subject of the ethics of whistle blowing and the moral theories of Emmanuel
Kant in relation to the theory of duty and Edward Snowden. In the past, we’ve
been seeing whistle blowers get harsh punishments and treatment. Snowden has
had to live in exile in Russia and the US government has asked Russia to
extradite him back to the US. So with all this harsh treatment, how can one
maintain their sense of duty to expose injustices? What about the duty respect
the rule of law? It’s not as easy as it sounds and sometimes it’s incredibly
difficult to strike a balance when one sees injustice and becoming a victim of the
old adage, “No good deed goes unpunished.”
I strongly believe that No good deed goes unpunished. Unfortunately it is true. I worked for a government contractor in Lowell and the owner is a criminal. His company is based on a Ponzi scheme. I reported his actions to the Federal Government and they take his work over mine even though I was able to substantiate and prove my statements. Maybe someday I will watch Fox News or read the Herald and see my former employer in handcuffs being led away by the FBI.
ReplyDeleteExposing injustices is a good thing and we should praise anybody for doing that. Exposing injustices and leaking/hacking strategical secrets, which might harm your people and country is totally different things. Who is going to decide, what is right/wrong?
ReplyDeleteThe act of whistleblowing can cause a conflict of interest between personal, organization and society. Much of this conflict stems from the context in which a whistleblower is viewed: whether as someone sharing knowledge of misconduct for the benefit of others or as someone who is acting “disloyal” to their organization.
ReplyDeleteThere are so many double standards in this whistle blowing situation. The government themselves could be so corrupt and enforcing laws that are not right. When people like whistleblowers go to expose them, they are caught and jailed because they were trying to expose them. The government does work behind a veil, because a lot of things we are not even told about. Some things that the government does are considered "correct" and "lawful," that are actually not, and the citizens are bound under certain laws that basically oppress their rights. See the book "1984" by George Orwell. A lot of those situations have actually happened in real life!
ReplyDeleteThere are so many double standards in this whistle blowing situation. The government themselves could be so corrupt and enforcing laws that are not right. When people like whistleblowers go to expose them, they are caught and jailed because they were trying to expose them. The government does work behind a veil, because a lot of things we are not even told about. Some things that the government does are considered "correct" and "lawful," that are actually not, and the citizens are bound under certain laws that basically oppress their rights. See the book "1984" by George Orwell. A lot of those situations have actually happened in real life!
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