List of contributors; Preface; 1. Privacy: philosophical dimensions of the literature Ferdinand Schoeman; 2. Social distance and the veil Robert F. Murphy; 3. The origins of modern claims to privacy Alan Westin; 4. The right to privacy (the implicit made explicit) Samuel D. Warren and Louis D. Brandeis; 5. Privacy (a legal analysis) William L. Prosser; 6. Privacy as an aspect of human dignity: an answer to Dean Prosser Edward J. Bloustein; 7. Privacy (a moral analysis) Charles Fried; 8. Privacy, freedom and respect for persons Stanley I. Benn; 9. Privacy and self-incrimination Robert S. Gerstein; 10. Intimacy and privacy Robert S. Gerstein; 11. The right to privacy Judith Jarvis Thomson; 12. Why privacy is important James Rachels; 13. Privacy, intimacy and personhood Jeffrey H. Reiman; 14. Privacy: some arguments and assumptions Richard A. Wasserstrom; 15. An economic theory of privacy Richard A. Posner; 16. Privacy and the limits of law Ruth Gavison; 17. Privacy and intimate information Ferdinand Schoeman; Selected bibliography; Index of names.