On Privacy

ISBN-13: 9780415395694 / Angielski / Twarda / 2011 / 100 str.

Annabelle Lever

Opis

Drawing on government reports and legal decisions from the US and around the world, this book asks if privacy is an entitlement that protects us from oppression and exploitation, or whether we are too quick to overlook its costs in the concealment of irresponsible and dangerous behavior. It examines the problems of defining privacy.

Spis treści

Introduction.  Defining and Describing Privacy.  The Different Meanings of Privacy.  Democracy.  Freedom/Liberty and Equality.  Rights: Moral and/or Legal  Part 1: Privacy and Democracy  The Secret Ballot.  Privacy and/or Democracy?  Part 2: Privacy, Equality and Freedom of Expression  Oliver Sipple and the Ethics of Outing.  Privacy and the Ethics of Publication.  Privacy, Freedom of Expression and the Press  Part 3: Privacy: The Family, Sex and Reproduction  An Englishman’s Home is his Castle.  Privacy Beyond the Home; Privacy, Romance and Realism.  Privacy, Rights and Duties.  Personal and Collective Responsibility  Part 4: Privacy, Property and Solidarity  Thomson’s Critique of Privacy.  Privacy and Collective Property.  Privacy and Private Property  Conclusion

O autorze

Annabelle Lever is Associate Professor of Normative Political Theory at the University of Geneva in Switzerland.