Ethics of Surveillance

Kevin Macnish is a visiting research fellow at the University of Leeds and a former analyst with GCHQ and the US Department of Defense. He is a sought-after speaker and commentator, having addressed both Houses of the UK Parliament. He is co-editor of The Ethics of Surveillance in Times of Emergency (2023, with Adam Henschke), and Big Data and Democracy (2020, with Jai Galliott).

Praise for the first edition:'Ours is a world where surveillance is too often justified on a good guy vs bad guy, simplistic, paradigm. Macnish demonstrates the complexities in the ethics of surveillance in a thoughtful and comprehensive book that warrants careful reading by developers, users and subjects of surveillance alike.' - Eric Stoddart, University of St. Andrews, UK'This book provides a compelling introduction to the wide range of ethical issues raised by the ever-present surveillance technologies that are characteristic of our world. In this lucid and philosophically sophisticated text, Kevin Macnish considers the implications of not only government espionage, but also the surveillance undertaken in the pursuit of national security, commercial competition and excellence in education and, further, demonstrates the numerous ways in which the practice of surveillance raises fundamental questions for social and political philosophers.' - Adrian Walsh, University of New England, Australia

• Acknowledgements Preface to Second Edition Introduction Part 1: Introducing the Ethics of Surveillance 1. History of Thought on Surveillance and the Ethics of Surveillance 2. The Wrongs of Surveillance 3. Key Ethical Issues in Surveillance 4. Emerging Technologies of Surveillance Part 2: Applied Contexts 5. International Espionage 6. National Security 7. Police 8. Social Welfare 9. Commercial Uses 10. Journalism 11. Workplace Surveillance 12. Surveillance in Public Places 13. The Vulnerable 14. Surveillance in Research. Conclusion Index