Ethics and the ProfessionsNotesThis is not a substitute for coming to class Richard Lee
Philosophy 3103Copyright © 2007, Richard Lee Autumn 2007
 

W. A. Parent on Privacy

"Privacy is the condition of not having undocumented personal knowledge about one possessed by others." (p.216a)

personal information = "facts which most individuals in a given society choose not to reveal about themselves (except to close friends . . .) or . . . about which a particular individual is acutely sensitive . . ." (p.216a)

public record = "newspapers, court proceedings, and other official documents open to public inspection." (p.216a)

documented: "I will ... refer to personal facts belonging to the public record as documented." (p.216b)


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