An Ethical Study of Divulging Secrets

Definition and analysis of divulgence is the first problem of the paper and, following it, explaining one of the most notable and helpful classification of all types of divulgence has been focused on. Then, a brief history of the subject has been given. The grounds, space and agents causing one to divulge have formed another part of the paper. In the next step, some sociological and psychological agents of divulgence have been analyzed. The final part of the paper is limited to an ethical analysis of divulgence. Six ethical properties have been given as the norms of an ethical divulgence paying attention to them its defect would be the least and profits the most.