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This 7 page paper examines the concept of extortion using a case study submitted by a student. Whether extortion should be illegal is contemplated. The social contract is discussed. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
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money for a juicy story. In general, information is legally traded or sold, but sometimes the sale of information may be immoral. Sometimes, even when legally obtained, taking money to
withhold information may be a crime. A student submits the following example: Someone has had a conversation with a friend and claims to have made easy money. He came across
some information that was of special value to one individual who was willing to pay a significant sum of money for an agreement not to disclose this information to others.
Yet, the friend listening to the tale was displeased and claimed that the speaker was engaging in extortion. Can this really be if the information was acquired legally? Should
individuals have a right to disclose information to anyone? Is it illegal to agree not to do something an individual has a perfect right to do ? And why should
that be ? The questions go to whether or not a piece of information is fair game and may be sold. First, it is troubling that this seeming
innocent withholding of a piece of information, that is available legally, is something that can be construed as extortion. First, what is extortion exactly? Wikipedia defines it as follows: "
Extortion is a criminal offense, which occurs when a person obtains money, behaviour, or other goods and/or services from another by wrongfully threatening or inflicting harm to his person, reputation,
or property" ("Extortion," 2005). Here, one sees that if a person receives money by threatening the other person, it is a crime. Yet, in the example, it seems that the
individual really did not threaten anyone. At least, whether or not he made a threat to tell all, is not clear. In the end, he does tell, but prior to
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