Some people believe it is often necessary, even desirable, for political leaders to withhold information from the public. Others believe that the public has a right to be fully informed.
Write a response in which you discuss which view more closely aligns with your own position and explain your reasoning for the position you take. In developing and supporting your position, you should address both of the views presented.
In the above statement, two strong positions are presented regarding providing full disclosure or withholding information to the public. In order for society and government to work as a unit, and efficiently, accurate exchange of information is required.
Political officials ought to disclose sensitive information, as detailed as there are, if they are to the beneficence of the people. Indeed, there has been relatively recent ecological catastrophes that have threatened our ecosystem and the health of our population. For instance, the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico engendered significant loss of marine life due to the abysmal toxic fuels. To protect the civilians from those contaminated water, it is the responsibilities of political officials to inform the population of the course of events, severity and consequences of such event. In addition, through communication our leader may even benefit from the assistance of volunteer in such situation.
Additionally, as it is often said an educated decision is a better one. Considering all facts while contextualizing allow a more adequate solution or course of action to the encountered problem. When society vote for a bill to pass it goes to the congress, which have to approve of it. Abortion bills have been a hot topic as part of the 2016 presidential elections, voters could only side for or against it based on all the information that candidate presented in favor or against. Does it mean that by being informed, there will be a census? Certainly not as every individual is fed with distinct convictions and believes based on their own life experiences and values. Nevertheless, the parting with be based on an educated decision in which all views were considered.
Finally, delicate situations may require officials to make compromises by acting without informing the public of certain actions. As it is the case in France, terrorist attacks have increased over the past years. As part of a strategic move, which requires discretion, the police and secret services have to investigate to identify responsible criminals, accomplice and planned future attacks, therefore enabling public release of information which could compromised the situations. During Barack Obama’s governance, Osama Ben laden was apprehended during a secret mission which identified his secret hiding nest, rendering public announcement counter-productive to the success of this mission.
Politicians needs to communicate to the public information which rely on their beneficence and informed decision process, even though in some circumstances it may be imperative to withhold information temporarily until a secret mission if accomplished.
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- People's behavior is largely determined by forces not of their own making. 83
- Government officials should rely on their own judgment rather than unquestioningly carry out the will of the people they serve. 83
- The best way for a society to prepare its young people for leadership in government, industry, or other fields is by instilling in them a sense of cooperation, not competition. 16
- No field of study can advance significantly unless it incorporates knowledge and experience from outside that field. 66
- Young people should be encouraged to pursue long-term, realistic goals rather than seek immediate fame and recognition 58
Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 3, column 533, Rule ID: WHITESPACE_RULE
Message: Possible typo: you repeated a whitespace
Suggestion:
...an that by being informed, there will be a census? Certainly not as every individ...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
finally, if, may, nevertheless, regarding, so, therefore, while, for instance, in addition
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 17.0 19.5258426966 87% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 7.0 12.4196629213 56% => OK
Conjunction : 13.0 14.8657303371 87% => OK
Relative clauses : 10.0 11.3162921348 88% => OK
Pronoun: 20.0 33.0505617978 61% => OK
Preposition: 66.0 58.6224719101 113% => OK
Nominalization: 23.0 12.9106741573 178% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2282.0 2235.4752809 102% => OK
No of words: 415.0 442.535393258 94% => More content wanted.
Chars per words: 5.49879518072 5.05705443957 109% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.51348521516 4.55969084622 99% => OK
Word Length SD: 3.2618585645 2.79657885939 117% => OK
Unique words: 248.0 215.323595506 115% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.597590361446 0.4932671777 121% => OK
syllable_count: 740.7 704.065955056 105% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.8 1.59117977528 113% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 1.0 6.24550561798 16% => OK
Interrogative: 1.0 0.740449438202 135% => OK
Article: 3.0 4.99550561798 60% => OK
Subordination: 7.0 3.10617977528 225% => Less adverbial clause wanted.
Conjunction: 1.0 1.77640449438 56% => OK
Preposition: 7.0 4.38483146067 160% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 19.0 20.2370786517 94% => OK
Sentence length: 21.0 23.0359550562 91% => OK
Sentence length SD: 57.074621903 60.3974514979 94% => OK
Chars per sentence: 120.105263158 118.986275619 101% => OK
Words per sentence: 21.8421052632 23.4991977007 93% => OK
Discourse Markers: 4.73684210526 5.21951772744 91% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.97078651685 101% => OK
Language errors: 1.0 7.80617977528 13% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 12.0 10.2758426966 117% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 4.0 5.13820224719 78% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 3.0 4.83258426966 62% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.272596875808 0.243740707755 112% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0662620713535 0.0831039109588 80% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.049138371366 0.0758088955206 65% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.135281106389 0.150359130593 90% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0382868268715 0.0667264976115 57% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 15.4 14.1392134831 109% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 33.24 48.8420337079 68% => OK
smog_index: 11.2 7.92365168539 141% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 13.8 12.1743820225 113% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 14.62 12.1639044944 120% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 9.97 8.38706741573 119% => OK
difficult_words: 139.0 100.480337079 138% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 12.5 11.8971910112 105% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.4 11.2143820225 93% => OK
text_standard: 15.0 11.7820224719 127% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 83.33 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 5.0 Out of 6
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Note: the e-grader does NOT examine the meaning of words and ideas. VIP users will receive further evaluations by advanced module of e-grader and human graders.