Ethics and Intelligence

ETHICS AND INTELLIGENCE

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Ethical and legal contradictions can be solved by truth telling. Intelligence is based on the deepest ethical principle of ‘truth shall set u free’. To avoid contradictions, it is important to integrate the human being with the identity of truth. Anything less from the truth cannot be acceptable in the intelligence community. This can be used in reconciling ethical and legal dilemmas.

In some professions like military agents, ethical and legal issues usually contradict. To reconcile the two, there is need to establish professional identity. There is always a situation that arise that forces the professionals to take an action they find abhorrent. Ethical professionals require norms and values of the service that will place an ethical framework at the center of their professional identity.

The first ethical rule of obeying the law can be used when faced with ethical contradictions. These laws are different from country to country. Though some laws are unethical and defy moral standards it is important to follow the laws of the country in solving these legal and ethical contradictions. There is need to read and interpret laws positively in order to take actions that are justifiable.

Consistency should be a part of us. When faced with contradictions of ethical and legal issues our moral standards should be consistent. Our actions should be consistent with our inner desires which should be focused on treating others well and this standards should respect the law.

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Goldman, Jan. Ethics of Spying: A Reader for the Intelligence Professional. New Jersey: Scarecrow Press, 2010.

Noite, William. Ethics and Intelligence. Maryland: Sage Publications, 2009.

Singer, Peter. Practical Ethics. London: Cambridge University Press, 2011....