The Private Sphere (eBook)

An Emotional Territory and Its Agent

Mats G. Hansson (Autor)

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2007
IX, 179 Seiten
Springer Netherland (Verlag)
9781402066528 (ISBN)

Infos

This book describes an emotional territory, which forms the individual's own sphere of action and experience. This develops in the course of evolution in pace with the individual's conditions of life, brought about by challenges in the natural and social environment.

Inhalt

Foreword 6
Contents 8
Introduction 11
A New Approach to Understanding the Concepts of Privacy and Integrity 11
Four Literary Contributions as an Introduction to Understanding the Concept of Integrity 13
Juhani Aho 13
Carl-Erik af Geijerstam 16
Sven Barthel 17
The Private Sphere from a Historical and Cultural Perspective 18
The Private Sphere as an Emotional Territory – A Psychological and Evolutionary Perspective 19
Integrity as Something Which is MorallyWorth Protecting 21
Respect for the Individual as a Person with Moral and Political Authority – Integrity from a Philosophical Perspective 22
Balancing Seclusion and Participation – Integrity from the Perspective of Moral Philosophy, Jurisprudence and the Law 23
Integrity as a QualityWorthy of Esteem and Respect 23
The Relationship Between Privacy and Integrity 24
The Private Sphere from a Historical and Cultural Perspective 25
1.1 In the Supposed Seclusion of the Home 26
1.2 What Will the Neighbours Say? 32
1.3 Power Over Spiritual Life and Thought – The Private Sphere from a Religious Perspective 35
1.4 To Retire with a Book – The Private Sphere from a Literary Perspective 39
1.5 To Participate in Drawing a Line Between What Is Public and What Is Private 42
The Private Sphere as an Emotional Territory – A Psychological and Evolutionary Perspective 43
2.1 Emotions Which Are Constitutive for a Person’s Private Sphere 43
2.2 The Emotional Territory’s Significance in Evolutionary Development 48
2.3 Integrity – A Composite Property of the Individual 52
2.4 Three Candidates: Fear, Embarrassment and Pride 53
2.5 The Role of the Emotions in the Establishment of Social Order – Dominance and Submission 57
2.6 The Experience of Self 59
Integrity as Something Worthy of Moral Protection 63
3.1 A Teleological Perspective with Regard to Integrity 64
3.2 The Moral Value of Protection Originating in the Individual’s Capacity for Sentient Experience 66
3.3 The Moral Value of Protection from the Viewpoint of the Individual’s Capacity for Action 69
3.4 Integrity as a Socially Significant Property – The Starting Point for Moral Integrity 73
Respect for the Individual as a Person with Moral and Political Authority – Integrity from a Philosophical Perspective 81
4.1 Individual Freedom Meaningful First in a Social Context 83
4.2 Individual Freedom Exhibited at Different Social Levels 86
4.3 A New Approach to Self-Determination 88
4.4 Social Recognition: From Separation to Participation 90
4.5 Respect for Integrity as Social Recognition 92
4.6 The Individual as a Person with Moral and Political Authority 96
4.7 Participating with Knowledge, Insight and Influence 98
Balancing Seclusion and Participation – Integrity from the Perspective of Moral Philosophy 100
5.1 Is the Protection of Private Life Adequately Covered by Other Rights? 103
5.2 Social Conventions Shift the Boundaries 104
5.3 The Basic Interest in Avoiding Certain Types of Insight and Invasion 107
5.4 The Value of a Differentiated Social Life 108
5.5 Non-interference Does Not Solve the Dilemma of Balancing Interests 110
5.6 Basis for Balancing Interests 112
Legal Protection – Privacy and Integrity from the Perspective of Jurisprudence and the Law 118
6.1 The Declarations Set the Basic Tone 119
6.2 The Significance of the Private Sphere for Democracy 122
6.3 The Right to Protect What Is One’s Own 123
6.4 Legislation Arrives at the Same Result but in Different Ways 125
6.5 Focussing on a Careful Legal Process 127
6.6 The Limitations of the Consent Norm 132
6.7 Respect for Private Life as a Complement to the Consent 134
Integrity as a Quality Worthy of Esteem and Respect 141
7.1 The Continuity of the Concept of Integrity 141
7.2 Being True to Oneself and Others 143
7.3 Integrity as Both a Personal and Social Property 148
7.4 In Contact with the Internal Goal of an Activity 149
7.5 The Moral Substance Psychologically Grounded 152
Conclusions and Applications 158
8.1 Conclusions 158
8.1.1 What Is Integrity? 158
8.1.2 Why Ought One to Respect an Individual’s Integrity? 159
8.1.3 How Should the Interest of Integrity be Weighed Against Other Interests? 160
8.2 Ethical Considerations Involved in Balancing Interests in Biobank Research 161
8.2.1 Biosamples Taken for Different Purposes 161
8.2.2 Genetics as Hyperbole 163
8.2.3 To Be Left in Peace but at the Same Time to Participate 165
8.2.4 To Participate in the Development of Medical Knowledge 167
8.2.5 The Integrity of the Researcher and Persons in Authority 168
References 170
Index 179

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 15.11.2007
• Reihe/Serie: Philosophical Studies in Contemporary Culture
• Reihe/Serie: Philosophical Studies in Contemporary Culture
• Zusatzinfo: IX, 179 p.
• Verlagsort: Dordrecht
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Allgemeines / Lexika
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Ethik
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Allgemeine Psychologie
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Verhaltenstherapie
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie
• Themenwelt: Recht / Steuern ► Allgemeines / Lexika
• Themenwelt: Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht
• Schlagworte: Biobanks • ethics • Evolution • evolutionary biology • Integrity • Justice • Morality • privacy • will
• ISBN-13: 9781402066528 / 9781402066528