lecture seven - privacy Flashcards
what is Solove’s response to “I have got nothing to hide”
it is not plausible that people literally don’t have anything to hide – people own curtains
what is aggregation
seemingly unimportant information can be combined to reveal information you might actually want to keep private
why worry about what happens to information about you after it is collected
aggregation, secondary effects, chilling effects, decision-making effects
what are secondary effects
data collected for one purpose might get used for other purposes
what are chilling effects
you might avoid activities that are innocent just in case they look bad or get you into trouble
what is one way to think about privacy
individual privacy rights that can’t be violated, even if it would produce better consequences for society as a whole in some cases
what is deontology
the morally right action will be the action that complies with particular moral duties – those dates will not only consist of producing the best consequences
what is non-consequentialism
sometimes the morally right action is not the action that will produce the best consequences
what is the most common type of non-consequentialism
deontology
why does privacy help us lead meaningful lives
living with observes creates a pressure toward a type of fragmented living that comes with significant costs, and can make it more challenging to lead the types of lives we find meaningful
what is fragmented living
living in ways that aim to seem good, explicable, or justifiable when viewed as isolated fragments
