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Comment on “Private Eyes Are Watching You” – Part Three by joelaschwartz

joelaschwartz — Mon, 02 Jul 2012 18:40:30 +0000

You offer an interesting possibility Nick. However, I’m not sure that we will ever find such a society completely comfortable without undermining personal relationships. Parts Five and Six (which I’m presently working on) will get into the importance of having certain intimacy that is not shared with others who are not a part of that relationship.

You could argue that our present society has very little actually privacy given the amount of surveillance that goes on, coupled with the permanent record of all activity done on the internet. Because we are not constantly reminded of these things, we feel like we have privacy when in many situations, we have much less than we think. Then again, if/when the time comes that we realize how much information is already known (or able to be know) by those with no connection, we’ll let the desire for privacy in those situations go by the wayside. However, I’m not sure we’ll ever be comfortable allowing those outside personal relationships to be able to share (in a way) in the benefits and intimacy of those relationships.

Comment on “Private Eyes Are Watching You” – Part Three by Nick Kallimani

Nick Kallimani — Mon, 02 Jul 2012 13:26:06 +0000

Technically, the biodome experiment is not a violation of the right to privacy. However, it is evident that being placed in that scenario is extremely unsettling. I feel as if the biodome situation is a violation of other rights, possibly the right not to feel oppressed or misled, if such rights exist. There is also another possibility entirely. What if society had developed with the presence of these so called monitoring devices and people lacked any sense or desire for privacy as we know it? Given enough time, theoretically people may become comfortable with their peers knowing intimate details of their lives since they believe there is no hope of keeping such things private, effectively removing the concept of privacy from society. The thought of people not knowing occurrences in your life may become foreign entirely. Another possibility is the idea of privacy evolving to only encompass what is on one’s own mind.

Comment on “Private Eyes Are Watching You” – Part Two by “Private Eyes Are Watching You” – Part Three | Joel Schwartz

Wed, 23 May 2012 17:38:57 +0000

[...] the previous part of this series, I laid out the first situation of a thought experiment, where you are being [...]

Comment on “Private Eyes Are Watching You” – Part One by “Private Eyes Are Watching You” – Part Two | Joel Schwartz

Fri, 18 May 2012 17:36:19 +0000

[...] the previous part, I set up some basic parameters to discussions of the right to privacy, particularly that I’m [...]

Comment on Some Reflections on a Recently Defended Dissertation by chris

chris — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 15:11:46 +0000

Congratulations! It’s been almost 10 years since I filed and I can still bring back the feelings like it was yesterday. I came across your site while searching for a different Joel Schwartz – he’s got a PhD in biochemistry. But I was happy for your accomplishment, and I’m a lover of philosophy (though I work in molecular biology and computational genomics). Welcome to the club Dr. Schwartz.

Comment on Some Reflections on a Recently Defended Dissertation by Nate

Nate — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 20:31:49 +0000

“Today is a day of celebration, of celebrating the completion of significant accomplishments and future possibilities!” Indeed! Party-on Joel. Congrats!

Comment on Some Reflections on a Recently Defended Dissertation by katie

katie — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 07:22:31 +0000

Congratulations! I defended my dissertation yesterday, so I am feeling the joy of which you speak! Feels good! I am not sure I will cry too long about not having a dissertation though…

Comment on Some Reflections on a Recently Defended Dissertation by D C Cramer

D C Cramer — Thu, 08 Mar 2012 03:53:01 +0000

Yeah, Stump told me I write like a girl. Not sure what that was supposed to mean.

Comment on Some Reflections on a Recently Defended Dissertation by Jim Stump

Jim Stump — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 17:40:15 +0000

For the record, I do tell a lot of students that they should consider a philosophy major; I don’t tell very many that they write like a philosopher. You’re in pretty elite company there!

Congratulations again.

Comment on Some Reflections on a Recently Defended Dissertation by Kristi

Kristi — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 17:36:49 +0000

Wow…congratulations, Joel!