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Hadjimatheou, Katerina (2014) The relative moral risks of untargeted and targeted surveillance. Ethical Theory and Moral Practice, Volume 17 (Number 2). pp. 187-207. doi:10.1007/s10677-013-9428-1
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10677-013-9428-1
Abstract
Is surveillance that is targeted towards specific individuals easier to justify than surveillance that targets broad categories of people? Untargeted surveillance is routinely accused of treating innocent people as suspects in ways that are unfair and of failing to pursue security effectively. I argue that in a wide range of cases untargeted surveillance treats people less like suspects than more targeted alternatives. I also argue that it often deters unwanted behaviour more effectively than targeted alternatives, including profiling. In practice, untargeted surveillance is likely to be least costly morally and most efficient when used as a means of enforcing the rules of a specific activity or institution. Targeted alternatives are likely to be more appropriate means of law enforcement.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||
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| Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Politics and International Studies | ||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Ethical Theory and Moral Practice | ||||||
| Publisher: | Springer Netherlands | ||||||
| ISSN: | 1386-2820 | ||||||
| Official Date: | April 2014 | ||||||
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| Volume: | Volume 17 | ||||||
| Number: | Number 2 | ||||||
| Page Range: | pp. 187-207 | ||||||
| DOI: | 10.1007/s10677-013-9428-1 | ||||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access |
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