> Any nsa contractor who depends on government contract to feed their families - is it wrong?
Anyone who chooses to work (directly or indirectly) for the Government should realize that the public good (not to be confused with "good for the government") must come above "feeding the family".
It is very easy to fall into atrocities and "following orders" when you do things in the name of "feeding the family". For example, spend a few hours playing "Papers, Please"[0] (or, even better, watching other people play it) and you'd be surprised how easily people start looking at the characters crossing the border as adversaries.
Realization and reality are two things. If we want to give people a second chance after they have committed a crime (the same argument that public good over 'feeding the family' or self-interest), do we say the same to the ex-NSA employees? I do realize what is meant to have virtue ethics (Hursthouse's paper on abortion is a great paper).
Anyone who chooses to work (directly or indirectly) for the Government should realize that the public good (not to be confused with "good for the government") must come above "feeding the family".
It is very easy to fall into atrocities and "following orders" when you do things in the name of "feeding the family". For example, spend a few hours playing "Papers, Please"[0] (or, even better, watching other people play it) and you'd be surprised how easily people start looking at the characters crossing the border as adversaries.
[0] http://papersplea.se/ (It's on sale in the Humble store for $4.99 USD.)