Freedom, Information and Privacy Machamer, Peter; Boylan, Barbara
Business & professional ethics journal,
10/1993, Volume:
12, Issue:
3
Journal Article
Peer reviewed
There are many conflicts over privacy and the freedom of the press. The media's need for information does conflict with personal privacy at various points. The role of a free press in a democracy and ...how the greater good of preserving the flow of information can necessitate curtailing personal privacy are discussed.
The Right to Privacy Thomson, Judith Jarvis
Philosophy & public affairs,
07/1975, Volume:
4, Issue:
4
Journal Article
Peer reviewed
THERE IS NO CONCRETE & DEFINABLE RIGHT TO PRIVACY, BUT RATHER CLUSTERS OF DIVERSE RIGHTS LACKING A COMMON FOUNDATION. EACH OF THESE CLUSTERS IS ACTUALLY CONCERNED WITH SOME OTHER RIGHT--EG, RIGHT OF ...OWNERSHIP, WHICH ALLOWS THE OWNER POSITIVE & NEGATIVE RIGHTS REGARDING POSSESSION. POSITIVE RIGHTS INVOLVE DISPOSAL OF ONE'S PROPERTY & NEGATIVE RIGHTS INCLUDE PROTECTION OF IT FROM OTHERS. THE 'RIGHT TO PRIVACY' EMBODIES CLUSTERS OF RIGHTS & ALSO 'BAD BEHAVIOR' OF OTHERS--EG, EAVESDROPPING, BOORISH QUESTIONING ABOUT PERSONAL MATTERS, ETC. THE RIGHT TO PRIVACY IS ACTUALLY DERIVED FROM THESE DIVERSE CLUSTERS OF RIGHTS, THOUGH NOT DEFINABLE BY ANY TENDENCY CENTRAL TO THEM. IN THOMSON ON PRIVACY, THOMAS SCANLON (PRINCETON U, NJ) AGREES THAT CLUSTERS OF OVERLAPPING RIGHTS DO COMPRISE THE RIGHT TO PRIVACY, BUT CLAIMS THERE IS A TENDENCY CENTRAL TO ALL--THIS IS THE 'RIGHT TO PRIVACY'. THE 'RIGHT' TO PRIVACY IS BASED ON A CONVENTIONALLY DEFINED ZONE OF PRIVACY--& RESPECT &/OR INVASION OF THIS ZONE. IT DEPENDS NOT ONLY ON THE LOCATION OF THE INVADER, BUT ALSO THE MEANS USED FOR INVASION. EVEN 'BAD BEHAVIOR' IS A FORM OF INVASION AGAINST THE RIGHT TO PRIVACY. T. BABITSKY.
Law, Ethics, and Confidentiality Lesser, Harry; Pickup, Zelda
Journal of law and society,
04/1990, Volume:
17, Issue:
1
Journal Article
Peer reviewed
One of the fundamental ethical principles of medical practice is the obligation of patient confidentiality. The authors argue that medical confidentiality is not a watertight principle, and question ...whether the current practice is ethically justifiable or should be modified.
Reproductive sexuality within monogamous heterosexual marriage is no longer a legally sanctioned moral imperative. The link between sex, marriage, and childbearing has at last been loosened for ...women, as has the once compulsory symbolic link between being a woman and being a mother.¹ Women’s presumptive equality has replaced their once self-evident inferior and subordinate social status in law and public political discourse in the United States. Accordingly, choices must be made regarding the form, onset, goal, and content of intimate sexual relationships, including whether or not to reproduce; these choices are increasingly being construed as personal matters.
Indeed, the right
In late 2001, white vans began appearing at ten problematic intersections in the vicinity of Honolulu, Hawaii. The vans belonged to Affiliated Computer Services, which had been hired by the state to ...undertake a new for-profit traffic surveillance system. Using a combination of lasers, cameras, and embedded sensors, crews in the vans took automated photographs of the licence plates of cars that were either speeding or crossing the intersection against the light. Citations were then mailed to the owner of the vehicle and the firm’s share of the fine was $29.75 per ticket. Things got off to a bad start
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