Privacy is a state that provides a barrier from the world outside and puts an individual in control of the information they want to present to the masses. However, one question that has lingered since the conventional times and that is “what we want to keep private and what we want to make public” (Singer, pg 59.); where should be the line drawn. This debate is discussed by Peter Singer in Visible Man Ethics in a world without secrets. One of the points he makes is that privatization is a concept that is more fashionable and acquainted with the Americans of today. They take it as “status symbol” (pg 59.). I agree with his argument. For example, the concept of joint families is almost extinct. People want to move away from larger groups and
