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TOK PRESENTATION
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REAL LIFE SITUATION
The 2013 Mass SurveillanceDisclosures
June 6, 2013The Guardian:NSA collecting phone recordsof millions of Verizon customers
daily
June 27, 2013The Guardian:NSA collected US email recordsin bulk for more than two yearsunder Obama
August 9,2013The Guardian:NSA loophole allowswarrantless search for US citizensemails and phone calls
Edward Snowdenthe manresponsible for classified information
disclosure in 2013
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REAL LIFE SITUATION (CONTINUED)
Snowden's "sole motive" for leaking the documentswas, in his words, "to inform the public as to thatwhich is done in their name and that which is doneagainst them.
Whistleblowing- when someone reports suspectedwrongdoing. Officially this is called making adisclosure in the public interest.
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KNOWLEDGE CLAIM &COUNTERCLAIM
KNOWLEDGE CLAIM:
LEAKING CLASSIFIED DATA WAS ILLEGAL INSNOWDENS CASE
KNOWLEDGE COUNTERCLAIM:
NSA SURVEILLANCE WAS INTERFERING WITH PEOPLES
PRIVACY AND SNOWDEN GAVE PEOPLE THE TRUTH
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TO WHAT EXTENT IS REVEALING CLASSIFIEDINFORMATION ETHICALLY JUSTIFIED?
KNOWLEDGEISSUE
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POLITICS
KNOWLEDGE ISSUE: TO WHAT EXTENT IS REVEALING CLASSIFIEDINFORMATION ETHICALLY JUSTIFIED?
After it was known that Angela Merkel phone wasbeing monitored by the USA their partnership hadbeen stalled in many spheres.
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RELIGION
KNOWLEDGE ISSUE: TO WHAT EXTENT IS REVEALING CLASSIFIEDINFORMATION ETHICALLY JUSTIFIED?
Buddhism 10 Commandments
(#4) Thou art well advised not to speakdivisively (separating those who areunited)
By his actions Snowden made US citizens
criticize US government.
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ETHICS
Breaking the law iswrong
Snowden broke theEspionage Act of 1917
Therefore whatSnowden did was wrong
Judging actions: Consequentialism Deontologicalism
Snowden reveals PRISMSnowdens intention was to
inform that people are beingspied
What Snowden did wasnot wrong
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Edward Snowden: Heroor Traitor?
Language Twists: Gut-wrenching is a
very strong language
that conveys negative
message.
LANGUAGE
KNOWLEDGE ISSUE: TO WHAT EXTENT IS REVEALING CLASSIFIEDINFORMATION ETHICALLY JUSTIFIED?
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REASON
What is the goal of leaking classified information?
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EMOTION
What role does emotion play in making peopledecide in going to leak classified data?
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CONCLUSION
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PERSONAL LIMITATIONS
Influence of mass media
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http://blog.acton.org/archives/55830-can-whistleblowing-be-biblically-justified.html
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-
22836378 http://www.collapsingintoconsciousness.com/snow
dens-ethical-dilemma/
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