It is the ability to hide from disclosure.
Is it a right?
Do individuals have a 'right' to privacy, and if so does the concept of
'self-defence' with respect to the polis negate its expression? And does
the 'right to avoid self-incrimination' trump the polis's responsibility
to protect the common good through disclosure?
Rights in general are considered the expression of the individual,
something outside the realm of 'community', 'society', or 'civilization'
(ie they aren't 'granted'). However, the concept of 'privacy' has no
rational existance in such a view because it doesn't operate in single
unit populations. Privacy can only come into play when the population is
greater than 2.
If we allow that individuals gain 'rights' because of 'social interaction'
is 'privacy' the only one that is gained? Would 'marriage' be one?
Wouldn't the 'right to congregate' be one? After all a group without a
right to form isn't much of a group.
Is the 'right to conceal' an expression of the right to speak in the sense
of 'not speaking', thus returning it to the realm of 'individual rights'?
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