God and Those Intrusive TSA Screenings

God and Those Intrusive TSA Screenings

How Christians should think about the increasing invasiveness of TSA screenings is a very good question. Timothy Dalrymple addressed the screening controversy at Philosophical Fragments last week and generated some lively responses, but little of the commentary I've come across has alluded to what I see as the fundamental issue. Privacy and dignity are unquestionably of concern, as are the issues of profiling and the extent to which our government can order us to submit to procedures that affect us so deeply. Very little discussed, however, has been the philosophical question of whether we are fighting terrorism on offense or defense, and how that affects our quality of life.

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