Privacy
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Privacy

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eBook - ePub

About this book

An incisive compendium of philosophical literature on privacy, part of the acclaimed Wiley-Blackwell Readings in Philosophy series

Companies collect and share much of your daily life, from your location and search history, to your likes, habits, and relationships. As more and more of our personal data is collected, analyzed, and distributed, we need to think carefully about what we might be losing when we give up our privacy.

Privacy is a thought-provoking collection of philosophical essays on privacy, offering deep insights into the nature of privacy, its value, and the consequences of its loss. Bringing together both classic and contemporary work, this timely volume explores the theories, issues, debates, and applications of the philosophical study of privacy. The essays address concealment and exposure, the liberal value of privacy, privacy in social media, privacy rights and public information, privacy and the limits of law, and more.

  • Highlights the work of emerging thinkers and leaders in the subject
  • Presents work from philosophers such as Judith Jarvis Thomson, Ruth Gavison, Thomas Scanlon, W. A. Parent, and Thomas Nagel
  • Explores privacy in contexts including governance, law, ethics, political philosophy, and public policy
  • Discusses data collection, online tracking, digital surveillance, and other contemporary privacy issues

Edited by award-winning privacy specialist Carissa Véliz and renowned philosopher and author Steven Cahn, Privacy is a must-read anthology for philosophers, psychologists, sociologists, and advanced undergraduate and graduate students taking courses on digital and applied ethics, philosophy, media studies, communications, computer science, engineering, and sociology.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Table of Contents
  3. Series Page
  4. Title Page
  5. Copyright Page
  6. Notes on Contributors
  7. Acknowledgements
  8. Preface
  9. 1 The Right to Privacy
  10. 2 Thomson on Privacy
  11. 3 Why Privacy Is Important
  12. 4 Privacy and the Limits of Law
  13. 5 Privacy, Morality, and the Law
  14. 6 Concealment and Exposure
  15. 7 The Liberal Value of Privacy
  16. 8 What Is the Right to Privacy?
  17. 9 Privacy Rights and Public Information
  18. 10 Privacy and the Importance of “Getting Away With It”
  19. 11 Privacy in Social Media
  20. 12 Governing Privacy
  21. Index
  22. End User License Agreement