Ethical Issues Of Anthropology And Terrorism

Anthropologist do their best to provide the best work possible for their goal. No matter what the situation is, anthropologist still have great ways to get information, even if it is in the middle of a war. Sometimes these situations are very dangerous and may harm the anthropologist or may even kill them. On November 4th, 2008 a tragic event happened to an anthropologist while she was interviewing a citizen in Afghan. The anthropologist was Paula Loyd, and she was a part of the Human Terrain. The Afghan man poured fuel on her and set her on fire, which eventually led to her death. The Army member that was alongside her could not react right away, but once he did, he reacted very unethical. Don Ayala, Paula’s partner, handcuffed the man and …show more content…
Anthropologist are supposed to make thigs better and have a safe environment to work at, not be in the middle of a war zone. The lives of many innocent human beings can be hurt if anthropologist go through with this process. The process is very unethical, and it breaks almost every single code of ethics. I believe that anthropologist and terrorism should not be associated because there is too much issues when the two are put together. There is too many bad things that come out if this than good. It causes a lot of distress within the communities that are being observed. It is smarter and safer if the anthropologist stay away from such activities that may harm themselves or the people they study. The government should not work with anthropologist when it comes to researching such things, because they lean towards a very unethical behavior. They encourage anthropologist to break their code of ethics in order to gain ground on enemies, which is quite selfish. People deserve their privacy if they want it. Therefore anthropologist should not be forcing others to do things they don’t want to. Studying terrorism as an anthropologist is a very bad idea and it should be