Privacy and Social Freedom

Klappentext This book attacks the assumption found in much moral philosophy that social control as such is an intellectually and morally destructive force. Zusammenfassung This book attacks the assumption found in much moral philosophy that social control as such is an intellectually and morally destructive force. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. The meaning and scope of privacy; 2. Mill's approach to social freedom; 3. Articulated rationality and the Archimedean critique of culture; 4. Social freedom from the perspective of cognitive and social psychology; 5. The importance of cultural authority for morality; 6. Explaining privacy's place; 7. The ascent of privacy: a historical and conceptual account; 8. Privacy and gossip; 9. Privacy and spheres of life; 10. Spheres of life: a literary exploration; Epilogue; Notes; Index.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Ferdinand David Schoeman, Schoeman Ferdinand David
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 24.04.2008
• EAN: 9780521061360
• ISBN: 978-0-521-06136-0
• Seiten: 240
• Serien: Cambridge Studies in Philosoph; Cambridge Studies in Philosophy and Public Policy
• Themen: Sachbuch > Philosophie, Religion > Philosophie: Allgemeines, Nachschlagewerke; Sozialwissenschaften, Recht,Wirtschaft > Politikwissenschaft > Politische Wissenschaft und Politische Bildung; Human Rights, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Human Rights, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Civil Rights, Human rights, civil rights