Privacy, Intimacy, and Isolation

Inbunden, Engelska, 1992

Av Julie C. Inness, Mount Holyoke College) Inness, Julie C. (Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Julie Innes, Julie Inness

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In this book Julie Inness presents a powerful new theory of the nature and value of privacy, centred on the concept of intimacy. `Intimate', Inness contends, describes acts and activities which draw their meaning from the individual's love, liking or care. The function of privacy is to provide the individual with control over intimate decisions, including intimate access to oneself and the dissemination of intimate information about oneself. On this account, privacy's value is neither that it promotes close relationships among people, nor that it respects persons as rational choosers. Rather privacy is valuable because it embodies our respect for persons as emotional beings.

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Utgivningsdatum1992-08-13
Mått146 x 217 x 19 mm
Vikt353 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor176
FörlagOUP OXFORD
ISBN9780195071481

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'In her book, Inness pursues a very thorough exploration of the "chaotic" world of privacy, providing a clear definition of privacy and an explanation of its value that attempts to clarify and resolve existing conflicts. Julie Inness has written an impressive book. One of its greatest qualities if the extreme clarity with which all of the issues are canvassed, enabling the author to tackle a wide subject in a relatively small book. This work will be of great value to lawyers and philosophers alike, at a time when, in the face of alleged intrusion from the press and the state, the concept of privacy remains fiercely contested.'Sionaidh Douglas-Scott, King's College, London, Mind, Vol.102. No. 408, Oct '93