
Published online:
24 September 2013
Published in print:
21 January 2010
Online ISBN:
9780191777370
Print ISBN:
9780199556533
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What is Privacy? What is Privacy?
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The Value of Privacy The Value of Privacy
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The Dilemma of Privacy The Dilemma of Privacy
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The Meaning of Privacy The Meaning of Privacy
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A Definition? A Definition?
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Privacy and Personal Information Privacy and Personal Information
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Greater Clarity? Greater Clarity?
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Cite
Wacks, Raymond, 'An Enduring Value', Privacy: A Very Short Introduction, 1st edn, Very Short Introductions (Oxford , 2010; online edn, Oxford Academic, 24 Sept. 2013), https://doi.org/10.1093/actrade/9780199556533.003.0002, accessed 4 May 2025.
Abstract
‘An enduring value’ asks: What is privacy and why do we need it? What does the need for privacy tell us about the relationship of the individual with society? What are the negative effects of privacy? How do we define ‘personal information’? The segregation of the public and private spheres is a central tenet of liberalism: privacy engenders personal autonomy and allows us to remove our social mask and test creative and moral activities and ideas. However privacy is not an unqualified good: it may conceal domestic oppression, especially of women, and may impede the detection of crime.
Keywords:
abortion, culture, expression, harm, homosexuality, John Stuart Mill, morality, oppression, privacy, terrorism, value
Series
Very Short Introductions
Collection:
Very Short Introductions
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