The prompt I will be choosing to examine throughout this post will be: "It is okay for the government to mislead in order to promote security."
I decided to choose the corner of 'Disagree' and there are a variety of different reasons that played a role in my decision.
Firstly, I strongly believe that any sort of regime or government must stay truthful to its people no matter what the situation is. For example: if you're country was in danger of being attacked by another country, you would want to know and be informed that it would be happening in order to take necessary precautions and preparations. I believe it would be ethically incorrect from a government to mislead its very own people.
Considering the government did in fact mislead its people, the results they really wanted would only be temporary. The consequences of misleading may be extremely destroying and negative in my opinion. Expanding on my previous example: If the country and people were in fact attacked, people would most definitely be questioning why they weren't informed about this event that would be coming, which would then raise questioning and doubts. People would doubt there government and there will be a lack of trust between them, which in the extreme cases could possibly lead to revolution or strikes.
The reason I disagreed with this statement, but not completely disagree was because I thought that there might be some extreme and rare situations where a government would need to basically lie in order to ensure the security of their people.
I liked how you relate your argument to one example and used it and expanded on it to emphasize the points you were making but it would be better if you included moments from the article or documentary.
ReplyDeleteFrom my point of view, your analysis shows a perspective that is similar to mine, I strongly agree with your argument that involves the fact that misleading people is ethically incorrect. On the other hang I also think that using the example of Lynch in the Iraq was clearly a good and proper example that you coould have usd, that could have provided more evidence to you analysis.
ReplyDeleteThis comment has been removed by the author.
ReplyDeleteI agree with your point because the govenment should be the one who represents every situations genuinely. People in any country would want to know what is going on in their country in order to be able to cope with the situation effectively. However, it would be better if you provide some example from the documentary we watched in class to support your idea.
ReplyDeleteGood job bro. I agree with your perspective in that it is not okay for government to mislead and lie to the public as updating the public honestly is crucial. You could have made some links to the documentary and the Lynch story but anyways good stuff.
ReplyDeleteI as well agree with your point of view, and i can see where you are coming from when you disagree with this statement. It is truly the publics right to know the whole truth and it is then their choice to do what they want with this information.
ReplyDelete