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  1. See Charles Fried, An Anatomy of Values (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1970), and “Privacy,” Yale Law Journal 77 (1968); see also Tom Gerety, “Redefining Privacy,” Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review 12 (1977);  Robert Gerstein, “Intimacy and Privacy,” in Ferdinand Schoeman, ed., Philosophical Dimensions of Privacy: An Anthology (Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press, 1984); Julie Inness, Privacy, Intimacy, and Isolation (New York: Oxford University Press, 1992); James Rachels, “Why Privacy Is Important,” in Schoeman, op. cit.; and Jeffrey Reiman “Privacy, Intimacy, and Personhood” in Schoeman, op. cit.

  2. See Robert Gerstein, “Intimacy and Privacy,” op. cit.; see also Charles Fried, “Privacy” op. cit. p. 477.

  3. See Gerstein “Intimacy and Privacy,” op. cit. pp. 266–267.

  4. See Alan Westin, Privacy and Freedom (New York: Antheneum, 1967); see also William Parent, “Privacy, Morality, and Law,” Philosophy and Public Affairs 12 (1983).

  5. We gratefully acknowledge our debt to two anonymous referees and Thomas Magnell, the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Value Inquiry, for providing very helpful comments and criticisms on an earlier version of this article.

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Elliott, D., Soifer, E. Privacy and Intimacy. J Value Inquiry 44, 489–497 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10790-010-9249-6

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