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dc.rights.licenseIn Copyrighten_US
dc.creatorTangri, Mohini
dc.date.accessioned2019-04-16T17:22:30Z
dc.date.available2019-04-16T17:22:30Z
dc.date.created2019
dc.identifierWLURG38_Tangri_POV_2019
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11021/34357
dc.descriptionCapstone; [FULL-TEXT RESTRICTED TO WASHINGTON AND LEE UNIVERSITY LOGIN]en_US
dc.descriptionMohini Tangri is a member of the Class of 2019 of Washington and Lee University.en_US
dc.description.abstractThe surveillance of single mothers on welfare is a difficult issue to evaluate given that it involves balancing individual privacy rights with citizens' interests in ensuring that government money is being used effectively and non-fraudulently. This essay explores the way in which surveillance is used to combat welfare fraud in the US and whether its use, both theoretically and in reality, is justifiable within its cultural context. I will first discuss the definition of privacy offered by various prominent privacy scholars to provide a comprehensive definition, one that relies heavily on the perspectives advanced by Ruth Gavison's arguments and Martha Nussbaum's capabilities approach. Second, I will delve into an ethical framework for determining the justifiability of a given action that is grounded in two requirements: first, that the purpose of an act is justifiable within its cultural context; and second, that the act itself is both effective and necessary. This framework will be applied to the surveillance that single mothers receiving benefits from the US welfare system are subjected to in order to demonstrate that much of the additional monitoring that they are subjected to is unjustifiable. [From Introduction]en_US
dc.format.extent31 pagesen_US
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
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dc.subject.otherWashington and Lee University, Shepherd Poverty Programen_US
dc.titleIs the Use of Surveillance Technologies Justifiable in Light of its Effects on the Well-Being of Single Mothers Receiving Benefits from the Welfare System in the USA?en_US
dc.typeTexten_US
dcterms.isPartOfRG38 - Student Papers
dc.rights.holderTangri, Mohini
dc.subject.fastPublic health surveillanceen_US
dc.subject.fastPrivacy, Right ofen_US
dc.subject.fastEthicsen_US
dc.subject.fastCapabilities approach (Social sciences)en_US
dc.subject.fastLow-income single mothersen_US
local.departmentShepherd Poverty Programen_US
local.scholarshiptypeCapstoneen_US


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