: Racial profiling (Not only people of Middle eastern decent)/ lack of cultural knowledge.

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Racial Profiling and Ethics

The 21st century had been bombarded by numerous racial ethical dilemmas that are shaping how governments of different countries provide policies on their citizens and visitors . The United States of America can be regarded as one of the most controversial country on this respect with the policies they adapted and the recent events that happened after the World Trade Center attack . More recently , an event in the Philippines had ignited the concern of human right activists and indigenous people about

a particular racial discrimination experienced by indigenous people . The Ifugao participants in Bill Clinton 's forum in the Philippines were delayed from attending the forum by United States secret service agents because of their clothing (i .e . wearing of G-strings . This particular incident raised concerns on the credibility of the United States in its proper treatment to indigenous people (UNPO . Clearly , the question here revolves on the question of security and ethical perception of cultural difference . This paper analyzes the issue of ethical profiling using two ethical schools of thought in philosophy - utilitarianism and deontological ethics

Utilitarianism as an ethical school gained prominence in both politics and ethics . This school of thought can be characterized by its high regard on the telos or the end of the action . If such actions can bring the greatest happiness to the greatest number of people , the action is considered ethical (Banks 222 . Applying this principle on the above issue , it must be first posited that...