Do we have a moral obligation or duty to protect
our privacy? Why or why not?
I am totally agreed with the Allen’s statement that
it’s your own choice to protect your own privacy. Individuals can make their
own decisions whether to protect their privacy or to share with others. I don’t
think so that we have any kind of moral obligation or duty to protect our
privacy. On the other hand, if somebody else even an individual or corporation
is revealing your privacy than you can protect it under privacy laws. Sharing
your own privacy is fine but sharing others is a crime.
Is this obligation collective, individual,
or both?
I believe that we can share our privacy but we
don’t have a right to share others privacy. In case of collective if I am
sharing something online which has some information that touches the privacy of
others than I am doing wrong. Because I can share my information without any
permission but it’s my job to check the information before sharing if it
contains the stuff of others than I should stop it. In the other scenario,
individual information shared by individuals is fine. There is no obligation or
moral right to stop them. As Allen explained rejecting privacy as a duty to
self.
The best example I found on this topic is related
to business. All the marketing corporations do business with you. They offer
you to be a member of their store, brand or corporation. They will provide you
lots of offers and discounts with their membership but in reverse they will
monitor you whenever you will buy something from them. They will monitor the
shopping behavior of their customers to increase their sales. But it’s all on
you what will you prefer? To get discount with having their membership or to
protect your privacy and shopping behavior from the vendors. In the end, I
would like to say your privacy is your right and you have the right to make a
choice weather to protect or to share.
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