caa a22 4500 606237836 CHVBK 20210128101255.0 cr unu---uuuuu 210128e20150601xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10677-014-9537-5 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10677-014-9537-5 Macnish Kevin Inter-Disciplinary Ethics Applied, University of Leeds, 8-12 Fenton Street, LS2 9JT, Leeds, UK aut An Eye for an Eye: Proportionality and Surveillance [Elektronische Daten] [Kevin Macnish] It is often claimed that surveillance should be proportionate, but it is rarely made clear exactly what proportionate surveillance would look like beyond an intuitive sense of an act being excessive. I argue that surveillance should indeed be proportionate and draw on Thomas Hurka's work on proportionality in war to inform the debate on surveillance. After distinguishing between the proportionality of surveillance per se, and surveillance as a particular act, I deal with objections to using proportionality as a legitimate ethical measure. From there I argue that only certain benefits and harms should be counted in any determination of proportionality. Finally I look at how context can affect the proportionality of a particular method of surveillance. In conclusion, I hold that proportionality is not only a morally relevant criterion by which to assess surveillance, but that it is a necessary criterion. Furthermore, while granting that it is difficult to assess, that difficulty should not prevent our trying to do so. Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht, 2014 Surveillance nationallicence Proportionality nationallicence Thomas Hurka nationallicence Just war nationallicence Datong nationallicence Oliver O'Donovan nationallicence Ethical Theory and Moral Practice Springer Netherlands 18/3(2015-06-01), 529-548 1386-2820 18:3<529 2015 18 10677 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10677-014-9537-5 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10677-014-9537-5 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- Macnish Kevin Inter-Disciplinary Ethics Applied, University of Leeds, 8-12 Fenton Street, LS2 9JT, Leeds, UK aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Ethical Theory and Moral Practice Springer Netherlands 18/3(2015-06-01), 529-548 1386-2820 18:3<529 2015 18 10677