Privacy, intimacy, and isolation /

From the Supreme Court to the bedroom, privacy is an intensely contested interest in our everyday lives and privacy law. After exploring the privacy arguments of philosophers and constitutional and tort privacy law, the author argues for a new definition of privacy.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Inness, Julie C.
Format: Licensed eBooks
Language:English
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, 1992.
Online Access:https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=55481
Table of 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.