THE CANARY IN THE GOLD MINE: ETHICS, PRIVACY, AND BIG DATA ANALYTICS
THE CANARY IN THE GOLD MINE: ETHICS, PRIVACY, AND BIG DATA ANALYTICS
Author(s): William H. HarwoodSubject(s): Social Philosophy
Published by: Instytut Filozofii i Socjologii Polskiej Akademii Nauk i Fundacja Filozofia na Rzecz Dialogu
Keywords: Computer and information ethics; contract law; critical data studies; data ethics; privacy; surveillance
Summary/Abstract: This paper offers a sketch of the complicated conflicts which arise—and metastasize seemingly daily—in the era of Big Data. Given the public’s ubiquitous-yet-ostensibly- voluntarydatasurrender,andindustry’subiquitous-yet-ostensibly-anodynecollectionof the same, inaction is not an option for any near-just society. By revisiting the philosophical basis for Panoptic apparatus (via Bentham and Foucault), sketching the tumultuous history of US contract law trying to protect the public from itself (from Lochner to Carpenter), and comparing existing industry codes for similarly-situated—read: terrifyingly invasive—fields (e.g., physicians, therapists, attorneys, accountants), the paper will provide a preliminary framework for identifying and confronting the galaxy of problems associated with data analytics.
Journal: Dialogue and Universalism
- Issue Year: 2019
- Issue No: 3
- Page Range: 141-150
- Page Count: 10
- Language: English
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