EAN: 9789811003165

SPRINGERBRIEFS IN PHILOSOPHY A BUDDHIST THEOR...

This book offers a new way to justify privacy based on a theory derived from Buddhist insights.
It uses insights obtained from the Buddhist teachings on Non-Self to create an alternative
theory of privacy. In doing so  the author first spells out the inherent differences between
the Buddhist insights and the beliefs underlying conventional theories of privacy. While
Buddhism views the self as existing conventionally through interactions with others  as well as
through interrelations with other basic components  non-Buddhist ideas of self are understood
as being grounded upon autonomous subjects  commonly understood to be entitled to rights and
dignity. In light of this  the book offers ways in which these seemingly disparate concepts can
be reconciled  while keeping in mind the need for protecting citizens' privacy in a modern
information society. It also argues that the new way of conceptualizing privacy  as presented
in this book  would go a long way in helping unravel the difficult concept of group privacy.

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