1st Edition
The New Normal Finding a Balance Between Individual Rights and the Common Good
By Amitai Etzioni
Copyright 2015
418 Pages
by
Routledge
418 Pages
by
Routledge
418 Pages
by
Routledge
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Amitai Etzioni argues that societies must find a way to balance individual rights and the common good. This point of balance may change as new technologies develop, the natural and international environments change, and new social forces arise. Some believe the United States may be unduly short-changing individual rights that need to be better protected. Specifically, should the press be... Read more
PrefaceThe New Normal: Making a Silk Purse out of a Sow's EarI Individual Rights versus the Common Good 1 Limit Freedom of the Press? 2 How Much Surveillance Is Legitimate? 3 Should American Terrorists Be Tried Differently from Others?II Privacy 4 A Cyber Age Privacy Doctrine 5 The Privacy MerchantsIII The New Politics 6 Is There a Gridlock? 7 The Scope of Corruption 8 Regulatory Capture 9 Is Transparency the Best Disinfectant? 10 Cutting Entitlements?IV The Politics of Security 11 Who Authorized Preparations for a War with China? 12 The Great Drone Debate 13 The Moral and Legal Foundations of Counterterrorism 14 MAR: Mutually Assured RestraintV Public Philosophy 15 Public/Private DivideAcknowledgmentsIndex
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Amitai Etzioni
