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- Title
The Role of Moral Experts in Secret Policy.
- Authors
Christie, Lars
- Abstract
Is it morally permissible to spy on allied countries? What type of otherwise criminal acts may covert intelligence agents commit in order to keep their cover? Is it permissible to subject children of high-value targets to covert surveillance? In this article, I ask whether democratically elected politicians ought to rely on advice from ethics committees in answering moral choices in secret policy. I argue that ethics committees should not advise politicians on how they ought to conclude secret moral choices. Instead, we can mandate ethics committees to provide advice aimed at improving the moral reasoning behind moral decisions in secret policy. Such advice, I argue, may add value to the decision process independently of whether it increases the chances of reaching morally correct conclusions.
- Subjects
ETHICISTS; UNDERCOVER operations; INTELLIGENCE officers; SECRET police; ESPIONAGE; ETHICS; MORAL reasoning; CRIMINAL act
- Publication
Res Publica (13564765), 2024, Vol 30, Issue 1, p107
- ISSN
1356-4765
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s11158-023-09582-7