HELP ME WITH THIS QUESTION PLEASE! Should the use of public cameras be restricted?

Question

This is for my Ethics class, I need to make this question into an argument and I need specific examples to either defend the use of public cameras or oppose it.

This is for my Ethics class, I need to make this question into an argument and I need specific examples to either defend the use of public cameras or oppose it.

(airports, public bathrooms, street-corners, et. al)

ur responses with any kind of sources besides yourself would be greatly appreciated!

Answer 1

I feel your stress. It can be a violation of privacy, but if it's in a public place, then there is no real privacy. It can help to deter and solve crime. Hmmmm... No, I like lotsa cameras. Makes a clean living girl like me feel like I have recourse should something go wrong. And if now and then I go on record as picking out a wedgie, well, it's a small price to pay.
Best of luck with your homework.

Answer 2

The key word here is public.

The line of argument to leave public cameras unrestricted is that away from one's home and outside of one's car, there is normally no VALID expectation of privacy. Therefore, using a camera in a place where privacy isn't expected doesn't violate any laws - OR ETHICS.

But further, by placing the cameras in highly visible positions (but protected against the inevitable attacks by vandals), you have the potential to save lives by a deterrent effect. People will be less likely to commit a premeditated crime where a camera is in place. If even 1% of all crimes are deterred by cameras in public places, then ethically it is hard to argue against their presence.

Answer 3

The only people that don't want 'public cameras' are those who have something to hide, like efforts to break the law.

Make this into a question for your class? Hmm, let me think out loud here for a moment . ..
Does the use of public cameras infringe on the rights of citizens?

As for those who say it violates 'rights to privacy' - get a clue, you are IN PUBLIC. That means you can only do things in public that are allowed by law. A right to privacy means what you do in your bathroom or your bedroom, which (hopefully) you aren't going to do in public. The things you do in 'private' are against the law to do in public anyway. Public cameras are not in your 'private' places.

Answer 4

it should be in someways. Cameras should be only able to record in a public area, meaning no private homes should be in the camera's range, i also do not think that people should be allowed to set cameras up around there personal homes that are facing other people's homes or into the street. If it's a public security camera it should be watching the public, if it's a private securtiy camera is should be watching ONLY the OWNERS private property.

Answer 5

Is it ethically ok to spy on people? No, it is unethical to deny people their privacy.

Who is going to check on the person that watches the cameras? Not cool.

Edit: I think it should be allowed at only sensitive locations such as airports. You probably won't find very many sources, which if you did it would probably be very biased as in pro-cameras due to propaganda.

Do people have no clue as to how this can be used to crack down on dissent and have a cattle-like society? If enough cameras were installed, then they can track a citizen in real time. Absolute power corrupts.

Answer 6

No they shouldnt because they can track criminals and reduce terroist activity. I watched a show a few weeks ago about camera programming able to track a person travelling between several cameras in a public palce completley automated.

Answer 7

by public cameras, do you mean security cameras in public places?