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The chapter discusses the situation in the world today where privacy is being threatened by the spread of new technologies. As the technology spreads all over the world, it creates a situation where each of the world’s major cultures has to find its own solution to the problem while maintaining congruity among each other. The chapter presents a rationale for a Buddhist conception of privacy, which not only offers a solution for a particular culture, but is also intended to provide an alternative to the mainstream theories on privacy.
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The figure is obtained the website of the NBTC at http://www2.nbtc.go.th/TTID/mobile_market/penetration_postpre/.
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For example, the military junta that is controlling Thailand during the time of writing this chapter usually criticizes the West for “not understanding” the peculiarities of Thai political culture. The usual argument is that Thai culture has its unique identity which makes it unsuitable for Western-style democracy See “Transcript: Prayuth Chan-ocha,” Aljazeera, 19 June 2015, available at http://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/talktojazeera/2015/06/transcript-prayuth-chan-ocha-150619102230894.html. For a collection of articles on the general debate on Asian values and the problem of universality, see Sojourn: Journal of Social Issues in Southeast Asia, Vol. 14, no. 2, October 1999, especially Raul Pertierra , “Introduction,” which introduces the whole special volume.
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Hershock (1999).
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For a discussion of big data in the context of ethics and metaphysics, see my “Big Data, Digital Traces and the Metaphysics of the Self,” paper presented at the IACAP-CEPE Conference, University of Delaware, June 22–25, 2015.
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Hongladarom, S. (2016). Privacy in the World Today. In: A Buddhist Theory of Privacy. SpringerBriefs in Philosophy. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-0317-2_1
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