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We think of privacy in terms of keeping secrets and avoiding others, in terms of shame and indiscretion. What if there is more to privacy than that? What if it isn’t so much an act of protecting information, but instead, it is a core part of the human growth that we don’t yet understand? What if privacy is really an aspect of our identity without which we could never grow into ourselves? On this episode, we ask these questions and consider a deeper, more meaningful explanation of what it might mean to remain private.
Lowry Pressley is a writer and teacher, currently in the Department of Political Science at Stanford University, as well as their McCoy Family Center for Ethics in Society and Stanford Civics Initiative. His book, The Right to Oblivion: Privacy and the Good Life was published last year by Harvard University Press.
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Publication Date
12-14-2025
Publisher
Institute for Philosophy in Public Life
City
Grand Forks, ND
Disciplines
Philosophy
Recommended Citation
Weinstein, Jack Russell and Pressly, Lowry, "Privacy Isn't What You Think It Is" (2025). Why? Radio Podcast Archive. 193.
https://commons.und.edu/why-radio-archive/193