TY - BOOK ID - 217017 TI - The Private Sphere : An Emotional Territory and Its Agent PY - 2008 SN - 1281137367 9786611137366 140206652X 1402066511 9048176905 PB - Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, DB - UniCat KW - Communication KW - Privacy, Right of. KW - Psychological aspects. KW - Invasion of privacy KW - Privacy, Right of KW - Right of privacy KW - Civil rights KW - Libel and slander KW - Personality (Law) KW - Press law KW - Computer crimes KW - Confidential communications KW - Data protection KW - Right to be forgotten KW - Secrecy KW - Interpersonal relations KW - Law and legislation KW - Ethics. KW - Philosophy of law. KW - Biology-Philosophy. KW - Philosophy of Law. KW - Philosophy of Biology. KW - Deontology KW - Ethics, Primitive KW - Ethology KW - Moral philosophy KW - Morality KW - Morals KW - Philosophy, Moral KW - Science, Moral KW - Philosophy KW - Values KW - Political science. KW - Biology—Philosophy. KW - Administration KW - Civil government KW - Commonwealth, The KW - Government KW - Political theory KW - Political thought KW - Politics KW - Science, Political KW - Social sciences KW - State, The KW - Law KW - Biology KW - Moral Philosophy and Applied Ethics. KW - Philosophy. KW - Vitalism KW - Jurisprudence UR - http://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:217017 AB - The non-interference perspective is common when theorizing about the protection of the private life of individuals and their families. However, this accepted way of looking at things, leads our thoughts astray. It fails to do justice to the interests both in being left in peace but at the same time participating in a community together with other people. New methods of communications interception, video and even satellite surveillance allow insight and an entry into personal matters, but they can also be used to satisfy people's need for protection, safety and security in public places. A theory about the respect for the individual's right to a private sphere and its protection ought therefore to incorporate both these interests. In The Private Sphere it is suggested that an emotional territory, which forms the individual's own sphere of action and experience, has developed in the course of evolution in pace with the individual's conditions of life, brought about by challenges in the natural and social environment. The starting point is the insight that the behaviour of human beings with respect to their privacy reflects in a fundamental way patterns of behaviour among social animals. The emotional territory allows a readiness to act along different lines and to maintain a multiplicity of different social relations. ER -