ABSTRACT
Thusfarinthisbook,wehavearguedthat:(a)normativelyspeaking,thecentral andmostimportantpurposeofpoliceworkistheprotectionoflegallyenshrined, justifiablyenforceable,moralrights,and;(b)adistinctivefeatureofpolicingisits unavoidableandroutineuseofharmfulmethods,e.g.coercionanddeception,that areconsideredtobemorallyunacceptableinordinarycircumstances.Inthelast chapter,ourconcernwaswiththerighttolifeinpolicingcontexts.Specifically,we examinedthemoraljustificationforpoliceuseofdeadlyforce,andineffectargued thatthejustificationforpoliceuseofdeadlyforcewasderivedfrom,although somewhatwiderthan,thejustificationforanordinaryperson'suseofdeadlyforce. Inthischapter,ourfocusisonalessfundamental,butneverthelessimportant, moralright,namelytherighttoprivacy.Weconsideranumberofmoralissuesthat ariseasaresultoftheusebypoliceofmethodsthatinfringetherighttoprivacy andalsobreachmoralprinciplesrelatedtoprivacy,suchasthemoralrequirement nottodeceive.
