You receive a notice from your academic advisor that the Post University IT department is considering implementing a new policy to monitor student email and social media activity. The notice provides several reasons for doing this, including preventing harassment and identifying students dealing with depression. Some of your fellow students immediately express disappointment about the policy and present arguments against it. One friend states, “if they start reading our emails, next they will listen to our phone calls and put cameras in our rooms.” Another friend agrees and adds, “this is not right because my professor said it’s an invasion of privacy.” One friend disagrees and says, “I want to feel safe at school, so either we give up our privacy or we have no security.” As you listen, you believe these are not very good arguments. In your initial post:
Identify and explain to your friends the logical fallacies they are guilty of applying and how it contributed to conclusions based on faulty reasoning, even if you agree with them.
Utilize the decision-making framework outlined in the textbook this week to construct your own argument for or against the policy. Be sure to (a) identify the problem, (b) discuss alternatives, and (c) consider the outcomes.
