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Respond to the scenarios from both perspectives of egoism and consequentialism.
Respond to the scenarios from both perspectives of egoism and consequentialism.
1. A carpenter with a wife and three children works for a home construction firm that is barely able to make its payroll. The current job is for ten homes in a new development. The contractor is aware that the lumber for the inside walls is inferior to the grade required in the architect's specifications; eventually, the walls could warp. However, he does the job as he is told and says nothing.
2. Since 2002 the federal government has had the legal authority to engage in wiretapping without a court order. Defenders of this practice claim that it is necessary to protect the country from terrorist attacks such as occurred on 9/ 11. Opponents argue that the practice infringes on citizens' right to privacy. Discuss the morality of such activity.
3. Last year, a federal judge ordered Apple to assist the FBI to break into an iPhone belonging to one of the killers in the San Bernardino shootings. The ruling required Apple to provide "reasonable technical assistance" to the FBI, namely, software that can disable the security feature that erases data from the iPhone after too many unsuccessful attempts to unlock it. Apple refused claiming, "We can find no precedent for an American company being forced to expose its customers to a greater risk of attack. For years, cryptologists and national security experts have been warning against weakening encryption. Doing so would hurt only the well-meaning and law-abiding citizens who rely on companies like Apple to protect their data." Discuss the actions of the FBI and Apple from the egoist and consequentialist perspectives.
