Ethics of Privacy

(3 Credits)

This course provides a comprehensive examination of the ethical dimensions of privacy, exploring its philosophical foundations, practical implications, and evolving challenges in the digital age. The course will critically discuss the origins and concept of privacy, through different philosophical accounts of privacy. Exploring the value and rights associated with privacy, the course navigates through contemporary challenges, including data and digital privacy, surveillance, anonymity and social media implications. Topics covered include the right to privacy in health care settings, medical and genomic privacy, decisional privacy, and postmortem privacy, alongside emerging concepts like mental privacy and neurorights, providing students with a critical understanding of privacy ethics in today's society.