The Right to Privacy: Volume 17, Part 2 (Social Philosophy and Policy) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0521786215 ISBN 13: 9780521786218

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2000

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 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.

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Book Description:

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. Some of the essays examine the role that privacy plays in American consitutional theory, asking how various privacy rights have been justified by the U.S. Supreme Court and how privacy has generally been handled by the prevailing methods of constitutional interpretation. 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.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0521786215
• ISBN 13: 9780521786218
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 340
• Editor: Paul Ellen Frankel, Miller Jr Fred D., Paul Jeffrey