ASSIGNMENT: Ethics final project
I chose the case of Edward Snowden, the whistle blower who revealed very sensitive and information which we would never have known had he not decided to reveal it.
https://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/02/opinion/edward-snowden-whistle-blower.html?_r=0
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/jun/09/edward-snowden-nsa-whistleblower-surveillance
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/jun/09/edward-snowden-nsa-whistleblower-surveillance
I believe that mister Snowden has made a life mistake to reveal that the U.S government spies on its citizens, although i think that the fact that he revealed this information to the public is very wrong, it has well served many other terrorist groups that would now change their way of recruiting their ways of people. Ethically, his decision was right, from a point of view of National Security analysts, it was wrong and i believe that he made the wrong decision because having the U.S government collecting information or listen to our conversations is no of my interests since their argument is to track terrorists wherever they might go. Also if one is certain that they are not planning to commit attacks or terrorist attacks, i do support this cause.
Philosopher: John Perry.
There have been some valuable philosophical works specifically about Snowden and the ethics of whistleblowing, such as this podcast episode. You might look into that for a resource for your project. https://www.philosophytalk.org/snowden
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