Philosophical Dimensions of Privacy: An Anthology

List of contributors Preface 1. Privacy: philosophical dimensions of the literature Ferdinand Schoeman 2. Social distance and the veil Robert F. Murphy 3. The origins of modern claims to privacy Alan Westin 4. The right to privacy (the implicit made explicit) Samuel D. Warren and Louis D. Brandeis 5. Privacy (a legal analysis) William L. Prosser 6. Privacy as an aspect of human dignity: an answer to Dean Prosser Edward J. Bloustein 7. Privacy (a moral analysis) Charles Fried 8. Privacy, freedom and respect for persons Stanley I. Benn 9. Privacy and self-incrimination Robert S. Gerstein 10. Intimacy and privacy Robert S. Gerstein 11. The right to privacy Judith Jarvis Thomson 12. Why privacy is important James Rachels 13. Privacy, intimacy and personhood Jeffrey H. Reiman 14. Privacy: some arguments and assumptions Richard A. Wasserstrom 15. An economic theory of privacy Richard A. Posner 16. Privacy and the limits of law Ruth Gavison 17. Privacy and intimate information Ferdinand Schoeman Selected bibliography Index of names.