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Glass Panels and Peepholes: Nonhuman Animals and the Right to Privacy
Author(s) -
Pepper Angie
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
pacific philosophical quarterly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.914
H-Index - 32
eISSN - 1468-0114
pISSN - 0279-0750
DOI - 10.1111/papq.12329
Subject(s) - control (management) , the right to privacy , internet privacy , epistemology , psychology , sociology , law , political science , philosophy , computer science , human rights , artificial intelligence
In this paper, I defend the claim that many sentient nonhuman animals have a right to privacy. I begin by outlining the view that the human right to privacy protects our interest in shaping different kinds of relationships with one another by giving us control over how we present ourselves to others. I then draw on empirical research to show that nonhuman animals also have this interest, which grounds a right to privacy against us. I further argue that we can violate this right even when other animals are unaware that we are watching them.