Hansson The Private Sphere

An Emotional Territory and Its Agent
1. Auflage 2007
ISBN: 978-1-4020-6652-8
Verlag: Springer Netherlands
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, Band 15, 179 Seiten

Reihe: Philosophical Studies in Contemporary Culture

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hansson, Mats G.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;Foreword;6
2;Contents;8
3;Introduction;11
3.1;A New Approach to Understanding the Concepts of Privacy and Integrity;11
3.2;Four Literary Contributions as an Introduction to Understanding the Concept of Integrity;13
3.2.1;Juhani Aho;13
3.2.2;Carl-Erik af Geijerstam;16
3.2.3;Sven Barthel;17
3.3;The Private Sphere from a Historical and Cultural Perspective;18
3.4;The Private Sphere as an Emotional Territory – A Psychological and Evolutionary Perspective;19
3.5;Integrity as Something Which is MorallyWorth Protecting;21
3.6;Respect for the Individual as a Person with Moral and Political Authority – Integrity from a Philosophical Perspective;22
3.7;Balancing Seclusion and Participation – Integrity from the Perspective of Moral Philosophy, Jurisprudence and the Law;23
3.8;Integrity as a QualityWorthy of Esteem and Respect;23
3.9;The Relationship Between Privacy and Integrity;24
4;The Private Sphere from a Historical and Cultural Perspective;25
4.1;1.1 In the Supposed Seclusion of the Home;26
4.2;1.2 What Will the Neighbours Say?;32
4.3;1.3 Power Over Spiritual Life and Thought – The Private Sphere from a Religious Perspective;35
4.4;1.4 To Retire with a Book – The Private Sphere from a Literary Perspective;39
4.5;1.5 To Participate in Drawing a Line Between What Is Public and What Is Private;42
5;The Private Sphere as an Emotional Territory – A Psychological and Evolutionary Perspective;43
5.1;2.1 Emotions Which Are Constitutive for a Person’s Private Sphere;43
5.2;2.2 The Emotional Territory’s Significance in Evolutionary Development;48
5.3;2.3 Integrity – A Composite Property of the Individual;52
5.4;2.4 Three Candidates: Fear, Embarrassment and Pride;53
5.5;2.5 The Role of the Emotions in the Establishment of Social Order – Dominance and Submission;57
5.6;2.6 The Experience of Self;59
6;Integrity as Something Worthy of Moral Protection;63
6.1;3.1 A Teleological Perspective with Regard to Integrity;64
6.2;3.2 The Moral Value of Protection Originating in the Individual’s Capacity for Sentient Experience;66
6.3;3.3 The Moral Value of Protection from the Viewpoint of the Individual’s Capacity for Action;69
6.4;3.4 Integrity as a Socially Significant Property – The Starting Point for Moral Integrity;73
7;Respect for the Individual as a Person with Moral and Political Authority – Integrity from a Philosophical Perspective;81
7.1;4.1 Individual Freedom Meaningful First in a Social Context;83
7.2;4.2 Individual Freedom Exhibited at Different Social Levels;86
7.3;4.3 A New Approach to Self-Determination;88
7.4;4.4 Social Recognition: From Separation to Participation;90
7.5;4.5 Respect for Integrity as Social Recognition;92
7.6;4.6 The Individual as a Person with Moral and Political Authority;96
7.7;4.7 Participating with Knowledge, Insight and Influence;98
8;Balancing Seclusion and Participation – Integrity from the Perspective of Moral Philosophy;100
8.1;5.1 Is the Protection of Private Life Adequately Covered by Other Rights?;103
8.2;5.2 Social Conventions Shift the Boundaries;104
8.3;5.3 The Basic Interest in Avoiding Certain Types of Insight and Invasion;107
8.4;5.4 The Value of a Differentiated Social Life;108
8.5;5.5 Non-interference Does Not Solve the Dilemma of Balancing Interests;110
8.6;5.6 Basis for Balancing Interests;112
9;Legal Protection – Privacy and Integrity from the Perspective of Jurisprudence and the Law;118
9.1;6.1 The Declarations Set the Basic Tone;119
9.2;6.2 The Significance of the Private Sphere for Democracy;122
9.3;6.3 The Right to Protect What Is One’s Own;123
9.4;6.4 Legislation Arrives at the Same Result but in Different Ways;125
9.5;6.5 Focussing on a Careful Legal Process;127
9.6;6.6 The Limitations of the Consent Norm;132
9.7;6.7 Respect for Private Life as a Complement to the Consent;134
10;Integrity as a Quality Worthy of Esteem and Respect;141
10.1;7.1 The Continuity of the Concept of Integrity;141
10.2;7.2 Being True to Oneself and Others;143
10.3;7.3 Integrity as Both a Personal and Social Property;148
10.4;7.4 In Contact with the Internal Goal of an Activity;149
10.5;7.5 The Moral Substance Psychologically Grounded;152
11;Conclusions and Applications;158
11.1;8.1 Conclusions;158
11.1.1;8.1.1 What Is Integrity?;158
11.1.2;8.1.2 Why Ought One to Respect an Individual’s Integrity?;159
11.1.3;8.1.3 How Should the Interest of Integrity be Weighed Against Other Interests?;160
11.2;8.2 Ethical Considerations Involved in Balancing Interests in Biobank Research;161
11.2.1;8.2.1 Biosamples Taken for Different Purposes;161
11.2.2;8.2.2 Genetics as Hyperbole;163
11.2.3;8.2.3 To Be Left in Peace but at the Same Time to Participate;165
11.2.4;8.2.4 To Participate in the Development of Medical Knowledge;167
11.2.5;8.2.5 The Integrity of the Researcher and Persons in Authority;168
12;References;170
13;Index;179