Title: Privacy, intimacy, and isolation /
Authors: Inness, Julie C.
Publisher: Oxford University Press,
Year: 1992
Subjects: Privacy.; Intimacy (Psychology); Privacy, Right of United States
Abstract: Privacy is a puzzling concept. From the backyard to the bedroom, everyday life gives rise to an abundance of privacy claims. In the legal sphere, privacy is invoked with respect to issues including abortion, marriage, and homosexuality. Yet privacy is surrounded by a mire of theoretical debate. Certain philosophers argue that privacy is neither conceptually nor morally distinct from other interests, while numerous legal scholars argue that constitutional and tort privacy law protect merely a disparate melange of interests.
Contents: 1. Introduction: The Chaotic World of Privacy -- 29. Common Debates in the Philosophical and Legal Privacy Literature -- 3. The Threatened Downfall of Privacy: Judith Jarvis Thomson's "The Right to Privacy" and Skepticism about Privacy -- 4. Beyond Isolation: A Control-Based Account of Privacy -- 5. Information, Access, or Intimate Decisions about Our Actions? The Content of Privacy -- 6. Intimacy: The Core of Privacy -- 7. Personhood or Close Relationships? The Value of Privacy -- 8. Intimacy-Based Privacy: The Answer to Legal Privacy Debates -- 9. In Conclusion: Answers and New Questions.