Stephanie Ramsaran
Eng. 101
Nov, 27 2012
Unethical Matters
Should our safety, make us forget the reason why the United States of America is the land of the free? Our federal government has taken our safety to extreme matters, putting it over our privacy and rights. By disrupting the laws that had been signed centuries ago, with events such as Airport profiling, and the Free will and Determism portrayed in articles. Also privacy being invaded shown in movies, like “Minority Report”. The government should give us the protection they promised in an unethical matter.
Ever since the horrible effect of 9/11 terrorist attack our country has been running on fear. This fear I speak of has frequently taken over our airports. From having enhanced x-ray machines to the intense security checks. Based on the article “Racial Profiling Rife at Airport” by the New York Times, portrays this event. In the state Boston, More than 30 federal officers in the Boston airport developed a program, which were intended to spot potential terrorists, however this operation has become a racial profiling event. By targeting not only Middle Easterners but other color minorities disrupting their rights, discriminating others by the color of their skin. As said by a police officer, “They just pull aside anyone who they don’t like the way they look -if they are black and have expensive clothes or jewelry, or if they are Hispanic”. Stating that officers usually are Judging people just because the way they look, happens to be suspicious to them. This operation is not helping our country have the protection we need, its causing more disruption between our government and our people.
By having ethical matters being done for our protection, our free will has taken a toll. Free will is the ability us humans have to make our own decisions and expressing our self. Based on the article “Free will and Determinism”, written by Michael Huemer goes in deep detail that free will is important for a human to have. “ Traditionally, having free will is the thought to require two things: alternate possibilities and self control.” (Pg104, Huemers). Explains the thought that with our government displacing ethical matters to make our country safe, they are slowly taking away the thought of free will we have grown upon. By limiting humans possibilities, such as checking in on citizens phone calls, internet searches and even library book checkouts. Violations to our privacy has taken a toll, and most citizens don’t realize this.
Disrupting the natural rights we hold dear, should not be allowed for any reasons. In the movie Minority Report a system called Pre-crime is used to reduce crime by arresting humans before the crime has actually been committed. Using special individuals called “precogs”, who are able to predict a murder crime before it ever happens. This strong system had many flaws due to the fact, how can you arrest someone for a crime they never committed ?. The Pre-crime system, violated the privacy and natural rights to the human race, by not allowing others hold their own fate in their own hands. John Anderton, the head cop of the pre-crime , proved the system not trustworthy when he chose to change his own destiny by not killing a man he was predetermined to kill. By disrupting our rights and our choices, it’s human less to judge one another by something that never even happened.
In conclusion, our society should not find the protection of our country by using ethical matters. As humans we were told the United states of America, is the country of the free, However the government seems to take our safety before our own dignity. Taking away the natural laws we have grown upon, by racial profiling and taking away our free will. It is an immortal step our government has taken and it needs to be stopped.
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