Download This PaperOn Human Dignity and a Foundation for the Right to Privacy
6 Pages Posted: 7 May 2021
Date Written: April 26, 2016
Abstract
In 2016, the European Parliament approved the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) whose core aim is the safeguarding of information privacy, and, by corollary, human dignity. Drawing on the field of philosophical anthropology, this paper analyses various interpretations of human dignity and human exceptionalism. It concludes that privacy is essential for humans to flourish and enable individuals to build a sense of self and the world.
Keywords: GDPR, Privacy, Human Dignity, Human Exceptionalism
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Floridi, Luciano, On Human Dignity and a Foundation for the Right to Privacy (April 26, 2016). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3839298 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3839298
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