Why ‘Negative Control’ is a Dead End: A Reply to Mainz and Uhrenfeldt

TY - JOUR

T1 - Why ‘Negative Control’ is a Dead End

T2 - A Reply to Mainz and Uhrenfeldt

AU - Munch, Lauritz Aastrup

PY - 2021/11

Y1 - 2021/11

N2 - Mainz and Uhrenfeldt have recently claimed that a violation of the right to privacy can be defined successfully under reliance on the notion of ‘Negative Control’. In this reply, I show that ‘Negative Control’ is unrelated to privacy right violations. It follows that control theorists have yet to put forth a successful normative account of privacy.

AB - Mainz and Uhrenfeldt have recently claimed that a violation of the right to privacy can be defined successfully under reliance on the notion of ‘Negative Control’. In this reply, I show that ‘Negative Control’ is unrelated to privacy right violations. It follows that control theorists have yet to put forth a successful normative account of privacy.

KW - Access account

KW - Consent

KW - Control account

KW - Negative control

KW - Right to privacy

U2 - 10.1007/s11158-021-09507-2

DO - 10.1007/s11158-021-09507-2

M3 - Journal article

SN - 1356-4765

VL - 27

SP - 661

EP - 667

JO - Res Publica

JF - Res Publica

IS - 4

ER -