Abstract
We began writing this paper assuming that there were conflicts be tween privacy and freedom of information. As the ideas developed and we spoke with other people we came to believe that the basic conflict is between personal privacy and freedom of the press. This involves understanding the news media's role of disseminating information. We begin by thinking about the concept of privacy. We then move to considering freedom of information for the news media. The media's need for information does indeed conflict with personal privacy at various points. Resolving this conflict leads to a coherent position that in a way respects privacy as a fundamental virtue. But that position is wrong because it fails to consider the most important issue concerning the function of the news media in a free society. We then back up and discuss the role of a free press in a democracy and how the greater good of preserving the free flow of information can necessitate curtailing personal privacy.
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