The Private Sphere: An Emotional Territory and Its AgentSpringer Science & Business Media, 2007 M11 15 - 179 pages This book describes an emotional territory, which forms the individual's own sphere of action and experience. This develops in the course of evolution in pace with the individual's conditions of life, brought about by challenges in the natural and social environment. |
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The Private Sphere as an Emotional Territory A Psychological | 33 |
Integrity as Something Worthy of Moral Protection | 53 |
Respect for the Individual as a Person with Moral and Political | 71 |
Balancing Seclusion and Participation Integrity from | 90 |
Legal Protection Privacy and Integrity from the Perspective | 109 |
Integrity as a Quality Worthy of Esteem and Respect | 133 |
Conclusions and Applications 151 | 150 |
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