Spying through a glass darkly : the ethics of espionage and counter-intelligence / Cécile Fabre.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fabre, Cécile, author.

Contributor:

Rosengarten Family Fund.

Series:

New topics in applied philosophy

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Espionage--Moral and ethical aspects.

Espionage.

Physical Description:

xi, 251 pages ; 24 cm.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2022.

Summary:

"Cécile Fabre draws back the curtain on the ethics of espionage and counterintelligence. In a book rich with historical examples she argues that spying is only justified to protect against ongoing violations of fundamental rights. Blackmail, bribery, mass surveillance, cyberespionage, treason, and other nefarious activities are considered."--Publisher description.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1. Building Blocks

1.1. Introduction

1.2. `Spiders' Webs': Classical Moral and Political Thought

1.3. Three Contemporary Approaches to Espionage

1.3.1. Dirty Hands

1.3.2. Contractarianism

1.3.3. Just War Theory

1.4. Foundations

1.4.1. Fundamental Rights

1.4.2. Defensive Harm

1.5. Conclusion

2. Political Secrets

2.1. Introduction

2.2. Secrecy

2.2.1. Denning Secrecy

2.2.2. The Right to Secrecy

2.3. Security

2.3.1. The Argument

2.3.2. A Complication

2.4. Democratic Agency

2.4.1. The Argument

2.4.2. Secrecy and Democratic Accountability

2.4.3. Secrecy and Non-democratic Regimes

2.5. Conclusion

3. Defending Espionage

3.1. Introduction

3.2. The Permission to Spy

3.2.1. The Argument

3.2.2. Three Objections

3.3. The Duty to Spy

3.4. The Problem of Uncertainty

3.5. Between Allies

-'A Waste of Energy'?

3.6. Conclusion

4. Economic Espionage

4.1. Introduction

4.2. Economic Secrets

4.3. Justifying Economic Espionage

4.4. Objections

4.4.1. The Distributive Objection

4.4.2. The Motivations Objection

4.4.3. The Separate Spheres Objection

4.4.4. The `Not Between Allies' Objection

4.5. Conclusion

5. Deception

5.1. Introduction

5.2. Concealing, Misleading, Lying, and Fabricating Evidence

5.3. Permissible Deception

5.3.1. Kant Revisited

5.3.2. Deception in Espionage and Counter-intelligence: A First Cut

5.3.3. Deception in the Service of Unjust Ends

5.4. Mandatory Deception

5.5. Some Objections

5.6. Dilemmas of Deception

5.7. Conclusion

6. Treason

6.1. Introduction

6.2. Understanding Treason

6.2.1. Treason, Nationality, and Membership

6.2.2. The Presumptive Wrongfulness of Treason

6.3. Permissible Treason

6.4. Mandatory Treason

6.5. Treason and Unjust Ends

6.6. Treason, Alliances, and Shared Goals

6.7. Treason and Personal Betrayal

6.8. Conclusion

7. Recruitment

7.1. Introduction

7.2. Some Cases

7.3. The Problem of Motives

7.3.1. Motives and the Moral Status of Recruitment

7.3.2. Right and Wrong Motives

7.3.3. Benefiting from Wrong Motives

7.4. The Problem of Manipulation

7.4.1. Manipulation

7.4.2. Non-deceptive Manipulation

7.4.3. Deceptive Manipulation

7.5. The Problem of Exploitation

7.5.1. Exploitation

7.5.2. Exploiting the Innocent

7.5.3. Exploiting the Guilty

7.6. The Problem of Coercion

7.6.1. Coercion

7.6.2. Threats of Punishment

7.6.3. Informational Blackmail

7.6.4. Entrapment

7.7. Conclusion

8. Technology

8.1. Introduction

8.2. Mapping the Terrain

8.3. Of Machines and Humans

8.3.1. Eyes and Ears vs Lenses and Bugs

8.3.2. State Officials, Diplomats, Spies, and Company Executives

8.4. Cyber-intelligence

8.4.1. Cyber-espionage

8.4.2. Cyber-counter-intelligence

8.5. Conclusion

9. Mass Surveillance

9.1. Introduction

9.2. A Putative Defence of Mass Surveillance

9.3. The Privacy Objection

9.3.1. Defining Privacy

9.3.2. The Objection

9.3.3. Unintended Effects and Intentional Disclosure

9.3.4. Privacy and the Duty to Protect

9.4. The Fairness Objection

9.4.1. Algorithmic Unfairness

9.4.2. Profiling

9.5. Conclusion.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.

ISBN:

0198833768

9780198833765

OCLC:

1260820346