THE CRUELTY OF LOOKING
AUTHOR: Noah Berlatsky
PUBLISHED Tuesday, October 7th, 2014
First Impression: Bad implications of staring
Quote from the article: “When someone shifts the blame to me, do you know what I say? I say, congratulations, because that’s exactly what the perpetrator wants you to think. He wants you to think I am a dumb whore who makes poor decisions.”
5 things I’ve learned from the article:
5 integrative questions:
Basically the ethical issue imposed by this article involves the illegal act of looking to some private photos that aren’t intended for public viewing. Normally, people should not be invading someone’s privacy, but due lack of restrictions holding and for selfishness, people does not realize that what they are doing is wrong. Being humiliated by unwanted circumstances is like being taken for a fool. Browsing things such as nude images are without other’s consent will always be unethical for the fact that these pictures weren’t done for them. It is also a very serious matter when it comes to children who are exploited and abused. These would create a psychological damage and therefore could result to emotional distress.