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    In 2013, Edward Snowden leaked classified documents from the NSA revealing the agency's mass surveillance programs that collected phone and email data from millions of Americans. Snowden claimed his sole motive was to inform the public about what was being done against them without their consent. His actions raised the knowledge issue of to what extent is revealing classified information ethically justified. Different perspectives were presented from politics, religion, ethics, language and reason/emotion on whether Snowden was a hero or traitor for his actions.

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    REAL LIFE SITUATION


    The 2013 Mass Surveillance
    Disclosures
    June 6, 2013 The Guardian:
    NSA collecting phone records
    of millions of Verizon customers
    daily

    June 27, 2013 The Guardian:
    NSA collected US email records
    in bulk for more than two years
    under Obama

    August 9,2013 The Guardian:
    NSA loophole allows
    warrantless search for US citizens
    emails and phone calls
    Edward Snowden the man
    responsible for classified information
    disclosure in 2013
    REAL LIFE SITUATION (CONTINUED)
    Snowden's "sole motive" for leaking the documents
    was, in his words, "to inform the public as to that
    which is done in their name and that which is done
    against them.





    Whistleblowing- when someone reports suspected
    wrongdoing. Officially this is called making a
    disclosure in the public interest.
    KNOWLEDGE CLAIM &
    COUNTERCLAIM
    KNOWLEDGE CLAIM:
    LEAKING CLASSIFIED DATA WAS ILLEGAL IN
    SNOWDENS CASE


    KNOWLEDGE COUNTERCLAIM:
    NSA SURVEILLANCE WAS INTERFERING WITH PEOPLES
    PRIVACY AND SNOWDEN GAVE PEOPLE THE TRUTH

    TO WHAT EXTENT IS REVEALING CLASSIFIED
    INFORMATION ETHICALLY JUSTIFIED?
    KNOWLEDGE
    ISSUE
    POLITICS


    KNOWLEDGE ISSUE: TO WHAT EXTENT IS REVEALING CLASSIFIED
    INFORMATION ETHICALLY JUSTIFIED?

    After it was known that Angela Merkel phone was
    being monitored by the USA their partnership had
    been stalled in many spheres.
    RELIGION
    KNOWLEDGE ISSUE: TO WHAT EXTENT IS REVEALING CLASSIFIED
    INFORMATION ETHICALLY JUSTIFIED?

    Buddhism 10 Commandments

    (#4) Thou art well advised not to speak
    divisively (separating those who are
    united)

    By his actions Snowden made US citizens
    criticize US government.
    ETHICS
    Breaking the law is
    wrong
    Snowden broke the
    Espionage Act of 1917
    Therefore what
    Snowden did was wrong
    Judging actions:
    Consequentialism
    Deontologicalism
    Snowden reveals PRISM
    Snowdens intention was to
    inform that people are being
    spied
    What Snowden did was
    not wrong
    KNOWLEDGE ISSUE: TO WHAT EXTENT IS REVEALING CLASSIFIED INFORMATION
    ETHICALLY JUSTIFIED?

    Edward Snowden: Hero or Traitor?
    Language Twists:
    Gut-wrenching is a
    very strong language
    that conveys negative
    message.
    LANGUAGE
    KNOWLEDGE ISSUE: TO WHAT EXTENT IS REVEALING CLASSIFIED
    INFORMATION ETHICALLY JUSTIFIED?

    REASON
    What is the goal of leaking classified information?

    EMOTION
    What role does emotion play in making people
    decide in going to leak classified data?
    CONCLUSION

    PERSONAL LIMITATIONS
    Influence of mass media

    BIBLIOGRAPHY
    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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