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Privacy versus public interest: Understanding the ethical dilemma
However, public interest must be distinguished from public curiosity. It concerns information related to governance, security, justice and the exposure of wrongdoing or matters that could cause harm to society. The ethical challenge lies in determining when accessing or disclosing an individual’s private information is necessary and justified in the public interest, and when it amounts to an unnecessary intrusion into personal life. Story continues below this ad A deeper examination of this dilemma through different ethical philosophies offers useful perspectives. Deontology: Balancing individual rights and professional duties A privacy-focused deontologist, drawing on Kantian ideas, would hold that individuals have a right to control information about themselves as an expression of their autonomy. Since human beings should never be treated merely as means to an end, processing or disclosing personal data without consent may violate their dignity and autonomy. On the other hand, a deontological perspective that emphasises the duties of a free press would argue that informing citizens and exposing injustice are important moral obligations in a democracy. The dilemma, therefore, involves balancing competing duties: respecting individual rights while fulfilling the responsibility to inform the public. Utilitarianism: Weighing public good against individual harm Utilitarianism evaluates this dilemma primarily through...
