Ethics in an age of surveillance: personal information and virtual identities

"People increasingly live online, sharing publicly what might have once seemed private, but at the same time are enraged by extremes of government surveillance and the corresponding invasion into our private lives. In this enlightening work, Adam Henschke re-examines privacy and property in the...

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Autor principal: Henschke, Adam (Autor)
Tipo de documento: Print Libro
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge New York, NY Port Melbourne, VIC Delhi Singapore Cambridge University Press 2017
En:Año: 2017
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Palabras clave:
Confidential communications > Moral and ethical aspects
Electronic Surveillance > Moral and ethical aspects
Ethik > Elektronische Überwachung
Intelligence service > Moral and ethical aspects
Online identities
Personal information management > Psychological aspects
Privacy, Right of
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Sumario:"People increasingly live online, sharing publicly what might have once seemed private, but at the same time are enraged by extremes of government surveillance and the corresponding invasion into our private lives. In this enlightening work, Adam Henschke re-examines privacy and property in the age of surveillance in order to understand not only the importance of these social conventions, but also their moral relevance. By analyzing identity and information, and presenting a case for a relation between the two, he explains the moral importance of virtual identities and offers an ethically robust solution to design surveillance technologies. This book should be read by anyone interested in surveillance technology, new information technology more generally, and social concepts like privacy and property"--
Machine generated contents note: Acknowledgements; Part I. Surveillance Technologies And Ethical Vacuums: 1. On The Project And Its Motivation; 2. On Privacy; 3. On Property; Part II. Identity And Information: 4. On Identity; 5. On Information; 6. On Identity And Information; Part III. Ethical Importance Of Information: 7. On Importance; 8. On Individuals; 9. On Institutions; 10. In Conclusion; Appendix 1. Glossary Of Terms; Bibliography; Index
Notas:Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 271-294
Descripción Física:xii, 324 Seiten
ISBN:9781107130012