Technology and Individual Rights

Essay on dilemmas on society

Write a five-paragraph essay considering the following questions:

For the work cited page, I want to use website links instead of journals.

Has technology reduced the rights of an individual? In the case of the airport scanners, how does the new technology impact the individual’s rights? Will you allow yourself to be screened with a scanner that reveals every part of your body under the justification of improving public safety? In other words, would you be willing to subordinate your rights for the public good? Why or why not?

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Technology and Individual Rights

Terrorism is a significant threat to public safety, and there are different measures or interventions to combat it. Surveillance technology is one of the key initiatives which raise moral and ethical issues over its ability to enhance public safety. Individuals have a right to privacy, but with technology, such rights are reduced. The full-body airport scanners expose individuals’ body parts to the justification of public safety. No one would be willing to subordinate privacy rights for a public good, which is jeopardized through other means out of their control. Technology such as full-body airport scanners is a threat to human…

 

 

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