IT Ethics Rational Argument

Argument Map Diagram

Mass surveillance on people’s

digital activities is unethical

Violation of privacy is

unethical

Mass surveillance is

violation of privacy

Mass Surveillance produces

positive results

Producing Positive results is

ethical

Mass surveillance gathers

personal information

without one’s consent

Gathering personal

information without

consent violates privacy

Mass surveillance

creates a huge data

collection

Taking protective

actions creates a

secured society

Tracking possible

security risks helps to

take protective actions

Creating a secured

society is positive

result

Mass Surveillance creates

paranoia of being

watched on people

Paranoia of being

watched restricts people

to freely act or express

Restricting people to

freely express or act

violates their freedom

Collected data also

becomes central target

for criminals or terrorists

Collected data becomes

basis for Government to

track possible security risks

Creating central

targets encourages

more focused attacks

More focused attacks

increases risks for the

social security

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Collected data is

vulnerable to abuse by

trusted insiders

Vulnerability to abuse

encourages intentional

misuse

Intentional misuse

increases risks for

social security

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