MICHAEL ANDREGG, Intelligence ethics. Laying a foundation for the second oldest profession -
in
LOCH K. JOHNSON (ed.), Handbook of Intelligence Studies, Routledge, 2007, 52-63
Introduction
„In ordinary life we can more easily observe the ancient moral virtues: be honest,
don’t steal, kill or assault, respect your neighbors, honor your debts and so
forth. (…)
Classical Western philosophy as
written by Plato, Aristotle and
others concentrated on identifying moral
“virtues” and asked how these could be cultivated in civilized men.”
Codes of ethics for government agencies and commercial
spies
„The Russians certainly killed Bulgarian
dissident Georgi Markov by inserting a platinum pellet loaded with ricin
(a specialty poison) into his thigh, (…).”