Spying Through a Glass Darkly

Cécile Fabre draws back the curtain on the ethics of espionage and counterintelligence. In a book rich with historical examples she argues that spying is only justified to protect against ongoing violations of fundamental rights. Blackmail, bribery, mass surveillance, cyberespionage, treason, and other nefarious activities are considered.

The book is a magnificent achievement and deserves to be a classic in the fields of law, philosophy and international relations.

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Cécile Fabre is Professor of Political Philosophy at the University of Oxford, and Senior Research Fellow in Politics at All Souls College. Previously she taught at the London School of Economics and the University of Edinburgh. She holds degrees from the Sorbonne University, the University of York, and the University of Oxford. Her research interests include theories of distributive justice, issues relating to the rights we have over our own body and, more recently, just war theory and the ethics of foreign policy.

Inhalt

• Introduction

• 1: Building Blocks

• 2: Political Secrets

• 3: Acquiring Secrets: A Defence of Espionage

• 4: Economic Espionage

• 5: Deception

• 6: Treason

• 7: Recruitment

• 8: The Technology of Espionage and Counterintelligence

• 9: Mass Surveillance

• Conclusion