Divine omniscience, privacy, and the state

Traditional theism teaches that God engages in a relentless form of observation for every human being. If, as is widely supposed, humans have a right to privacy, then it seems that God constantly violates this right. In this paper we argue that there is both a defensible philosophical excuse and jus...

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1. VerfasserIn: Elliott, David S. (VerfasserIn)
Beteiligte: Soifer, Eldon (BeteiligteR)
Medienart: Elektronisch Aufsatz
Sprache:Englisch
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Veröffentlicht: [2017]
In: International journal for philosophy of religion
Jahr: 2017, Band: 82, Heft: 3, Seiten: 251-271
normierte Schlagwort(-folgen):B Allwissenheit Gottes / Privatsphäre / Politische Theorie
weitere Schlagwörter:B Ethics
B philosophy of religion
B Privacy
B Theism
B Religion Philosophy
B Political Philosophy
B RIGHT of privacy
B PRIVACY & ethics
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Zusammenfassung:Traditional theism teaches that God engages in a relentless form of observation for every human being. If, as is widely supposed, humans have a right to privacy, then it seems that God constantly violates this right. In this paper we argue that there is both a defensible philosophical excuse and justification for this infringement. We also argue that this defense is extensible to human social and political contexts; it provides the vital elements of a theory of just privacy infringement. This theory is broadly compatible both with major forms of political theory (except anarchistic ones) and with the main conceptions of privacy defended in recent philosophical and jurisprudential literature.
ISSN:1572-8684
Enthält:Enthalten in: International journal for philosophy of religion
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1007/s11153-017-9612-7