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Chapter 11 Self Quiz
Privacy: What is it and why should it be protected?
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In 2010, a Spanish citizen won a case against Google to have what removed from the Internet searches?
Pictures taken of him in public without his permission
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Video of him in public taken without his permission
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Public information about his foreclosed property
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All of the above
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The problem with recognizing privacy as a right is its potential conflict with
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property rights.
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surveillance.
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right to free speech.
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The UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights grounds rights in
the right to equality under the law.
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freedom of speech.
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the right to property.
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human dignity.
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Which of the following would ground the right to privacy in its benefits to society?
asocial constructivist
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John Locke
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All of the above
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The most fundamental natural right identified by Locke is
the ownership right we have to ourselves.
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the right to free speech.
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our right to sell the fruits of our labor on a free market.
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the right to be protected from aggressive enemy states.
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What does it mean to say that we have a natural right to privacy?
That an infringement on our privacy is a violation of our ownership of ourselves or something else that we own
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That privacy is an essential element of autonomy
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That privacy is valuable for its own sake, regardless of the consequences on our well-being or society
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All of the above
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What is the relation between privacy and autonomy?
There is no difference between privacy and autonomy.
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If your autonomy is limited by the government, this will automatically violate your right to privacy.
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Utilitarians believe that we have a natural right to privacy but not to autonomy.
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You cannot be fully autonomous unless you have some privacy; the lack of privacy sometimes reduces your autonomy.
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What is an advantage of treating privacy as a value instead of a right?
Values are easily violated for utility.
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Deontologists don't care about values, only rights.
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Values can be weighed against other values like justice and freedom.
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None of the above
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The right to free speech in America could be used to justify
deciding cases of privacy on utility.
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allowing Google to leave search results as they are.
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cooperating with Chinese government.
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How might traffic cameras be adjusted by engineers to better protect privacy while effectively enforcing the law?
Place cameras only at the busiest intersections.
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Only operate cameras during the daytime.
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Take photos of the license plate in back of the car.
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All of the above
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