Synopses & Reviews
The essays is this volume--written by prominent philosophers and academic lawyers--examine various aspects of both the right to privacy and the roles that this right plays in moral philosophy, legal theory, and public policy. Some of the essays discuss possible justifications for privacy rights, basing them on classical liberal principles or the considerations of moral pluralism. Other essays examine the role that privacy plays in American consitutional theory. Still others assess how privacy considerations affect certain issues in medical ethics, such as the proper extent of access to medical information and the normative status of the right to die.
Synopsis
The essays is this volume - written by prominent philosophers and academic lawyers - examine various aspects of both the right to privacy and the roles that this right plays in moral philosophy, legal theory, and public policy. Some of the essays discuss possible justifications for privacy rights, basing them on classical liberal principles or the considerations of moral pluralism. Other essays criticize prevalent foundational arguments for privacy rights, asserting that for various reasons the existence of a right to privacy as a fundamental right is dubious.
Table of Contents
1. Deconstructing privacy: and putting it back together again Richard A. Epstein; 2. The right to privacy Lloyd L. Weinreb; 3. Privacy, control, and talk of rights R. G. Frey; 4. Privacy as a matter of taste and right Alexander Rosenberg; 5. Egalitarian justice versus the right to privacy Richard J. Arneson; 6. Privacy and limited democracy: the moral centrality of persons H. Tristram Engelhardt Jr; 7. Legal conventionalism in the US constitutional law of privacy Mark Tushnet; 8. Privacy and constitutional theory Scott D. Gerber; 9. Privacy and technology David Friedman; 10. The priority of privacy for medical information Judith Wagner DeCew; 11. Genetics and insurance: accessing and using private information A. M. Capron; 12. The right to privacy and the right to die Tom L. Beauchamp; 13. Can public figures have private lives? Fredrick Shauer.