Jonathan Shaffer
Instructor Cailley Millar
ENC 1101
18 May 2016
Rhetorical Analysis Essay In Peter Singer’s “Visible Man: Ethics in a World without Secrets.” he states his position that privacy is something that everyone should be entitled to in our society. I agree with Peter Singer’s position and feel that technology has created a world in which the right to privacy has been greatly diminished. This position could be moderated by the government’s need for information in order to keep society safe. I strongly support a person’s right to privacy; however, we live in a society where people use technology to share every detail of their lives. The argument that Peter Singer makes is that privacy is an ongoing problem that will continue to be talked about for years to come in the future. He…show more content… “We blog, tweet, and post what we are doing, thinking, and feeling. We allow friends and contacts, and even strangers, to know where we are at any time. We sign away our privacy in exchange for the conveniences of modern living, giving corporations access to information about our financial circumstances and our spending habits, which will then be used to target us for ads or to analyze our customer habits.” (Singer, par.2) People in today’s day and age have different set standards for what they want to keep out of the public eye and what they want to make public as they continue to change constantly. Even though it is not talked about in the reading, I think that Wikipedia is a good example of how one’s privacy could be altered through technology. Anybody can post whatever they want and about anyone they want on Wikipedia. An example is if I were to post something about a certain topic, then someone could see it and get offended by it. This could also be an issue with social profiling, which
