Political Science 2192A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Ethical Dilemma, Data Mining
10 Nov 2020
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Freedom vs. security: ethics: actions & results = gauge, context: post 911 -> boosts. Types: politics of surveillance: process, structure, agents, practices, politics of national defence: war, counterterrorism, weaponry. Framing question: moral/ethical (right or wrong) vs. legal/constitutional (how we did it, process; follow law: gillian: action over deliberation -> time bomb scenario, you have to get something done. Reactive or proactive representation of politics: reactive -> political reflection, america"s counterterrorism response, current stories: sleeper cells, double agents, american jihadists, fifth columns. American jihadists: external threat; americans who join terror group. A kind of political reality tv: politics heavily referenced, reference of torture in 24 - effectively saves us, counter intelligence in homeland = religious based antagonisms. Standard for action: 24: utilitarian justification = helps/saves most of us, damage done doesn"t outweigh benefits, the americans: state over person = over family, friends, innocents. Suggests we have to look at politics the same way as show: everything for state is just.
