The ethics of surveillance in times of emergency

The ethics of surveillance in times of emergency / edited by Kevin Macnish and Adam Henschke.

This text draws from the use of modern surveillance technologies during the COVID-19 pandemic to explore a set of issues and challenges facing decision-makers and designers in times of emergency: how do we respond to emergencies in ways that are both consistent with democratic and community principl...

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Other Authors: Macnish, Kevin (Editor), Henschke, Adam, 1976- (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2023.
Series:Engaging philosophy.
Subjects:
Emergency management > Moral and ethical aspects.
Electronic surveillance > Moral and ethical aspects.
Electronic surveillance > Moral and ethical aspects
Ethics & moral philosophy.
Society.
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • The Ethics of Surveillance in Times of Emergency
  • Copyright
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgement
  • List of Contributors
  • Introduction
  • Democracy in Times of Emergency
  • Ethics in Times of Emergency
  • Ethics by Design in Surveillance Programmes
  • References
  • Part I: Democracy in Times of Emergency
  • 1: Pandemic Population Surveillance: Privacy and Life-Saving
  • The Case of South Korea
  • Test, Track, and Trace in the UK
  • An Architecture of Oppression?
  • Conclusion
  • References
  • 2: No States of Exception: A Neo-Republican Theory of Just Emergency Powers
  • A Neo-Republican Conception of Emergency
  • The Roman Dictatorship
  • A Neo-Republican Account of Just Emergency Powers
  • Conclusion
  • References
  • 3: Combating Covid-19: Surveillance, Autonomy, and Collective Responsibility
  • Technology Responses to the Pandemic
  • Ethical Analysis
  • Privacy and Autonomy
  • Collective Responsibility
  • Conclusion
  • References
  • 4: Big Data as Tracking Technology and Problems of the Group and Its Members
  • Use of Big Data Analytics to Target Persons or Groups
  • Key Ethical Issues
  • Ethical Concerns Raised by the Targeting of a Person as a Member of a Group
  • Consent
  • Social Justice and Fairness
  • Privacy
  • Ethical Concerns Raised by Targeting a Group Qua Group
  • Current Measures to Address the Identified Issues
  • Protecting Persons against Harms
  • Protecting Groups against Harms
  • Group Rights to Privacy
  • Conclusion and Recommendations to Improve Current Measures
  • References
  • 5: Epistemic Dimensions of Surveillance in Public Health Emergencies: Risks of Epistemic Injustice and Dysfunctions of Trust
  • Introduction
  • Some Features of Public Health Emergencies, and Their Implications for Knowledge
  • Testimonial Injustice and Testimonial Smothering in Public Health Emergencies.
  • Trust, Fairness, and Knowledge in Public Health Emergencies
  • Conclusion
  • References
  • Part II: Ethics in Times of Emergency
  • 6: Surveillance without 'Baddies': Liability and Consent in Non-Antagonistic Surveillance Ethics
  • Liability of (Potential) Infection Bearers
  • Consent of Liable Bearers of Infectious Diseases and Tracing Apps
  • Why Consent Might Matter Morally, Despite Liability
  • Conclusion
  • References
  • 7: Digital Contact Tracing Applications (DCTAs): Public Health Ethics and Emergency Surveillance
  • Introduction
  • DCTAs: A Look at How the Technology Works and Approach Taken to Implement Their Use
  • How DCTAs Work
  • Approaches Taken in Using DCTAs
  • In Support of DCTAs
  • Early Detection
  • DCTAs Indirectly Contribute to Reducing Lockdowns and Burden on Healthcare System
  • DCTAs, Autonomy, and Informed Consent
  • A Bioethics Approach
  • A Public Health Ethics Approach
  • Conclusion
  • References
  • 8: Surveillance, Democracy, and Protest in a Time of Climate Crisis
  • The Ethics of Police Surveillance of Protest: Privacy and the Chilling Effect
  • Police Surveillance of Protest Movements: Tactics and Practices
  • Overt Surveillance during Protests and Assemblies and Immediately before and after Them
  • Surveillance of Non-Protest Gatherings: Meetings, Camps, Workshops, Etc.
  • Undercover Policing: Infiltration
  • Conceptualizing the Impact of Surveillance on Protest Mobilization: The Limits of the 'Chilling Effect'
  • References
  • 9: The Dynamics of Public Health Ethics: Covid-19 and Surveillance as Justifiable but Abnormal
  • Covid-19 Driving New Surveillance Practices
  • Public Health Ethics Normalizing New Surveillance
  • Public Health Ethics as Dynamic
  • Ensuring That Surveillance Remains Abnormal
  • References
  • Part III: Ethics by Design in Surveillance Programmes.
  • 10: Ethical Requirements for Digital Systems for Contact Tracing in Pandemics: A Solution to the Contextual Limits of Ethical Guidelines
  • Introduction
  • Morley et al.'s Guidelines
  • My Proposed Guidelines
  • How to Protect against Contextual Change
  • Conclusion
  • References
  • 11: An Unexceptional Theory of Morally Proportional Surveillance in Exceptional Circumstances
  • The Qualitative Difference View of Proportional Surveillance in Exceptional Circumstances
  • Against the Qualitative Difference View
  • An Unexceptional Theory of Proportional Surveillance
  • Conclusion
  • References
  • 12: Technofixing Surveillance: A Proportionate Response?
  • Proportionality
  • Efficacy of Technology
  • Harms of Apps
  • Alternatives
  • Conclusion
  • References
  • Index.

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