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What I find most interesting is that few people question why privacy is so important? Children have no sense of it - they have to be socialized to begin to valu
by jusben1369 14y ago
What I find most interesting is that few people question why privacy is so important? Children have no sense of it - they have to be socialized to begin to value it. Many smaller societies have no sense of it. Yet a small child and someone from these societies understands immediately if you restrict their ability to move (and thus "freedom") I'm not sure privacy isn't just an extension of shamed based cultural values vs a universal human right like freedom of movement and thought.
- yungchin 14y ago> Children have no sense of it I think such naturalistic arguments don't hold up. Children have no sense of many things - they don't see dangers in stepping onto a street without looking, and they don't see dangers in giving up their privacy. If they don't value it, should we not protect their privacy? Children and some small societies often don't have a strong sense of property rights either - yet would you argue from that that a more complex society still doesn't require property rights?