Ethics of Surveillance

Kevin Macnish is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at the University of Twente, The Netherlands.

"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

• AcknowledgementsIntroductionPart I – Introducing the Ethics of SurveillanceChapter 1 - History of Thought on Surveillance and the Ethics of SurveillanceChapter 2 - The Wrongs of SurveillanceChapter 3 - Key Ethical Issues in Surveillance Part II – Applied ContextsChapter 4 – International Espionage Chapter 5 – National Security Chapter 6 – Policing Chapter 7 – Social Welfare Chapter 8 – Corporate Espionage Chapter 9 – Commercial Uses Chapter 10 – Journalism Chapter 11 – Private InvestigatorsChapter 12 – Workplace Surveillance Chapter 13 – Surveillance in Public Places Chapter 14 – The Young and Old Conclusion Index