Unpopular privacy : what must we hide? /

Can the government stick us with privacy we don't want? It can, it does, and according to the author, it may need to do more of it. Privacy is a foundational good, she argues, a necessary tool in the liberty lover's kit for a successful life. A nation committed to personal freedom must be...

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Main Author: Allen, Anita L., 1953-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York, N.Y. : Oxford University Press, ©2011
Series:Studies in feminist philosophy
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Online Access:Oxford Scholarship Online
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Table of Contents:
  • Normative Foundations. Privacies not wanted. Everyday meanings of privacy ; Privacy law ; Are paternalistic privacy policies justifiable? ; A right to waive privacy protection? ; Why impose unpopular privacy? ; Feminist skepticism ; Libertarian skepticism ; The context ; Neglected rights, forgotten duties ; Opportunity imperative or experience imperative? ; Justification and practical limits ; Constraining state domination
  • Physical Privacies: Seclusion and Concealment. Seclusion. Solitude ; Getting away, hiding out ; Stuck at home: flaneur and hausfrau ; Sanctuary ; Interrupted: do not call ; Put away: imprisonment ; Shut away: quarantine
  • Modesty. Muslims in America ; The hijab in France ; Undressing women or addressing social problems? ; The niqab in America ; Modesty, the analysis ; General modesty ; Bodily (and sexual) modesty ; Modesty rights ; Religious freedom ; Individuality ; Uniformity and public service ; A peculiar modesty bias in U.S. law ; A "compelling state interest"
  • Nudity. The Barnes case: legal moralism ; City of Erie: the harm principle ; Canadian cases ; R. v. Tremblay: community tolerance ; R. v. Mara: look, don't touch ; Modesty on the run ; Conditions of work ; Mutual disrespect
  • Information Privacies: Confidentiality and Data Protection. Confidentiality. The practice of confidentiality ; Relationships and occupations ; Documents, records, spaces ; Overlapping and conflicting directives ; Law, coercion, and justice ; Lawmaking as practical compromise ; Sanction and deterrence ; The right to say what you know ; Paid-for silence ; Flourishing in a free society ; Confidentiality in context ; Healthcare ; Laws mandating health privacy ; Mental health ; Waiver ; Exception
  • Racial Privacy. What is sensitive data? ; A missing jurisprudence ; An unpopular referendum ; Recognition in the courtroom ; Profiling in New Hampshire ; Lessons from Georgia ; Politics and race in Illinois ; Racial privacy outweighed ; Ambivalence and paradox ; Secrets and sensitivities ; Persecution ; Political liberalism: the question of impartiality ; Private association and civil rights
  • The Electronic Data GIve-Away. The federal privacy statutes ; Many statutes, inadequate protection? ; Practical obscurity: a swan song after the web ; Give away, take away ; Lifelogs: remembering everything ; Caring about not caring about privacy
  • Popular Paternalism. Paternalistic mandates ; A job for the nanny state ; The children's internet privacy law ; Fair information practices ; A law in action ; Why age thirteen? ; Is the paternalism justified? ; Do young adults need paternalistic laws, too?