Some people would argue that sharing as much as
information
as possible in the realms of science, business and the academia
advisable, while others would contend that certain
information
is too crucial or too valuable to be exchanged freely.
Although
sharing as much as much knowledge is a fundamental right of every citizen at large, I believe that military
information
must be kept confidential, and
thus
it should not be shared
the public freely.
On the one hand, all individuals have the right to retrieve and learn as much as they can from scientific studies, business and
epistemic
community. In essence,
information
from these areas is considered as a public good and the very purpose of studying and yielding these
information
is to educate the public and ensure healthy societies.
For instance
, if the
information
regarding the Covid-19 vaccine is held to strictly a small group of people, hundreds and thousands of the world population would be left untreated
of
fatalof or relating to a fetus
deaths.
Likewise
, companies are obliged to release their financial transactions so that not just their shareholders, but all consumers would be well-informed with the ethics of the companies. It is incontrovertible that individuals retain their claim to have an access to the
information
,
however
, I argue that it is not morally advisable for individuals to retrieve certain
information
that can jeopardise a country's security.
On the other hand
, some
information
such
as the national security data must be restricted to the public as once when it is leaked, it may potentially cause social upheavals or even erupt wars. It is unfathomable for
to release their coordinate on nuclear arsenals.
For instance
, if the US government tirelessly updates the
information
on its nuclear weapons to the public, other hostile actors
such
as North Korea or terrorist groups may attack or steal the US' nuclear weapons.
As a result
, the attacks may wreak havoc on the US soil, annihilating the entire US population. The potential outcome of releasing
such
highly-classified
information
is catastrophic, I argue that military
information
must be kept out of
.
In conclusion,
this
essay disputed that despite our fundamental right to know as much as we can from academic research and business, the nature of some
information
such
as national security is utterly valuable and
thus
, required to be kept confidential to the public.