ABSTRACT
This chapter examines the ethical issues, beginning with the question of consent. It focuses on the issues arising from non-consensual surveillance, before closing with a look at some popular but unconvincing arguments regarding surveillance ethics. A core distinction at the heart of moral considerations regarding surveillance is whether a particular act of surveillance has the consent of the monitored party. The seeking of consent between two parties demonstrates mutual respect, reinforces autonomy and generally assures fairness. Applying exploitation to a case involving surveillance, we might consider pornography. The problems of pornography go far beyond surveillance. However, there is a consideration of surveillance, in that film is made of the actors having sex, which will be distributed and watched. Pornography involves the withholding of goods unless an act is performed which will be subject to surveillance. The surveillance is also consensual, unlike a similar film, The Truman Show.
