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A world of total disclosure. The role of privacy in social life

Author(s): Paweł Grabarczyk
Subject(s): Philosophy
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego
Keywords: privacy; anonymity; information control; utopia; disclosure; authenticity

Summary/Abstract: The title, “A world of total disclosure”, refers to a thought experiment I propose to exam-ine the role privacy plays in society. The experiment presents a society of complete surveillance. In it everything is recorded and archived for every citizen to view at any given moment. I argue that, contrary to the views held by many scholars, such a scenario is conceptually and empirically pos-sible and retains all of the important values that are secured by privacy in the present world.

  • Issue Year: 2013
  • Issue No: 36
  • Page Range: 62-80
  • Page Count: 19
  • Language: Polish
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