Chapter 6, Exercise 1

Construct criteria for the topic: Security is more important than privacy

To support the proposition that security is more important than privacy, we start by arguing that national security equates to life, because the goal of national security is to protect the lives of the citizens. Therefore, our burden is to prove that protection of life is more important than privacy, which essentially only improves the quality of life for someone. We will argue that more rights are more vital than privacy, yet all people value having life. Therefore, we argue that security is more important because it is more vital to the protection of life.