NDLI: An Eye for an Eye: Proportionality and Surveillance

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Author	Macnish, Kevin
Copyright Year	2014
Abstract	It is often claimed that surveillance should be proportionate, but it is rarely made clear exactly what proportionate surveillance would look like beyond an intuitive sense of an act being excessive. I argue that surveillance should indeed be proportionate and draw on Thomas Hurka’s work on proportionality in war to inform the debate on surveillance. After distinguishing between the proportionality of surveillance per se, and surveillance as a particular act, I deal with objections to using proportionality as a legitimate ethical measure. From there I argue that only certain benefits and harms should be counted in any determination of proportionality. Finally I look at how context can affect the proportionality of a particular method of surveillance. In conclusion, I hold that proportionality is not only a morally relevant criterion by which to assess surveillance, but that it is a necessary criterion. Furthermore, while granting that it is difficult to assess, that difficulty should not prevent our trying to do so.
Starting Page	529
Ending Page	548
Page Count	20
File Format	PDF
ISSN	13862820
Journal	Ethical Theory and Moral Practice
Volume Number	18
Issue Number	3
e-ISSN	15728447
Language	English
Publisher	Springer Netherlands
Publisher Date	2014-08-31
Publisher Place	Dordrecht
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Surveillance Proportionality Thomas Hurka Just war Datong Oliver O’Donovan Ethics Political Philosophy Theory of Medicine/Bioethics Philosophy of Medicine Ontology
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Philosophy Social Sciences

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