The Value of PrivacyISBN: 978-0-7456-3111-0
Paperback
288 pages
December 2004, Polity
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Rössler investigates the reasons why we value privacy and
why we ought to value it. In the context of modern, liberal
societies, Rössler develops a theory of the private which
links privacy and autonomy in a constitutive way: privacy is a
necessary condition to lead an autonomous life. The book develops a
theory of freedom and autonomy which sees the ability to pose the
“practical question” of how one wants to live, of what
a person strives to be, at the centre of the modern idea of
autonomy.
The question of privacy is emerging as an increasingly important topic in social and political theory and is central to many current debates in law, the media and politics. The Value of Privacy will be widely recognised to be a classic contribution to the subject.