Privacy, intimacy, and isolation / Julie C. Inness.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Inness, Julie C.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Privacy.

Intimacy (Psychology).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (176p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, 1992.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Undermining privacy scepticism, this title theoretical foundation for many of our everyday and legal privacy claims argues that intimacy is the core of privacy, including privacy appeals in tort and constitutional law. It explores the myriad of debates and puts forth an intimacy and control-based account of privacy which escapes these criticisms.

Privacy is a puzzling concept. From the backyard to the bedroom, everyday life gives rise to an abundance of privacy claims. In the legal sphere, privacy is invoked with respect to issues including abortion, marriage, and sexuality. Yet privacy is surrounded by a mire of theoretical debate. Certain philosophers argue that privacy is neither conceptually nor morally distinct from other interests, while numerous legal scholars point to the apparently disparate interests involved in constitutional and tort privacy law. By arguing that intimacy is the core of privacy, including privacy law, Inness undermines privacy skepticism, providing a strong theoretical foundation for many of our everyday and legal privacy claims, including the controversial constitutional right to privacy.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

1. Introduction: The Chaotic World of Privacy

2. Common Debates in the Philosophical and Legal Privacy Literature

3. The Threatened Downfall of Privacy: Judith Jarvis Thomson's "The Right to Privacy" and Skepticism about Privacy

4. Beyond Isolation: A Control-Based Account of Privacy

5. Information, Access, or Intimate Decisions about Our Actions? The Content of Privacy

6. Intimacy: The Core of Privacy

7. Personhood or Close Relationships? The Value of Privacy

8. Intimacy-Based Privacy: The Answer to Legal Privacy Debates

9. In Conclusion: Answers and New Questions

Selected Bibliography

Index

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Notes:

Originally published: 1992.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-280-44117-8

9786610441174

0-19-802355-3

0-585-36696-9

OCLC:

922952613