The Moral Worth of Edward Snowden

Edward Snowden, the former National Security Agency employee responsible for one of the largest leaks in American history, has been viewed through many lenses: patriot, whistleblower, traitor, spy.

But what about seeing his actions in light of the tradition of civil disobedience? This was the focus of a recent event called “Conscience, Edward Snowden, and the Internet: Has Civil Disobedience Gone Too Far?” hosted by the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics at Santa Clara University in Santa Clara, California.