Events of Interest: Fordham University: Privacy Rights and Wrongs (April 21)
There’s a free public conference tomorrow at Fordham that sounds interesting. From the Web site:
Privacy Rights and Wrongs: Balancing Moral Priorities for the 21st Century
Sponsored by The Center for Ethics Education and The Center on Law & Information Policy
With presentations from well-known academics and experts, this multidisciplinary conference will explore a number of issues related to the topic of privacy and privacy rights, especially in light of recent technological developments and current concerns about terrorism. In addition, this conference will address the problem of defining and defending “privacy rights” within the context of varying legal, moral, and political discourses, as well as the importance of understanding the value of privacy against the backdrop of other values and concerns, such as the doing of justice, the preserving of the common good, and the maintenance and fostering of personal accountability.
Speakers and topics include:
Keynote Address: The Key to Limiting Privacy is Oversight
Amitai Etzioni
University Professor of International Affairs and Director, Institute for Communitarian Policy Studies
The George Washington University
The Philosophy of Surveillance: A Contractarian Reading
Anita L. Allen
Henry R. Silverman Professor of Law and Professor of Philosophy
University of Pennsylvania
Understanding Privacy
Daniel Solove
Professor of Law
The George Washington University Law School
A Brief Moral History of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act
Jennifer Stisa Granick
Civil Liberties Director
Electronic Frontier Foundation
Privacy and the Integrity of Social Life
Helen Nissenbaum
Professor, Media, Culture & Communication
New York University
Date: April 21, 2009 at 8:30 a.m.
Location: Fordham University, McNally Amphitheatre, Lincoln Center Campus; 140 W. 62nd Street; New York City
For more information: http://tinyurl.com/ck8tea