Ethics of Whistleblowing – An interview with Edward Snowden…July 12 at Stanford

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Mr. Snowden joined PHILOSOPHY TALKS from Moscow in front of a live audience at Stanford University to discuss the ETHICS OF WHISTLEBLOWING

“You might think we each have a moral duty to expose any serious misconduct, dishonesty, or illegal activity we discover in an organization, especially when such conduct directly threatens the public interest. However, increasingly we are seeing whistleblowers punished more harshly than the alleged wrongdoers, who often seem to get off scot-free. Given the possibility of harsh retaliation, how should we understand our moral duty to tell the truth and reveal wrongdoing? Should we think of whistleblowers as selfless martyrs, as traitors, or as something else? Do we need to change the laws to provide greater protection for whistleblowers? John and Ken welcome our era’s most renowned whistleblower, former CIA analyst Edward Snowden, for a program recorded as part of the Stanford Symbolic Systems Program Distinguished Speaker series.”

See the full program at http://www.philosophytalk.org/shows/edward-snowden-and-ethics-whistleblowing 

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