Copyright © 1999 by Amital Etzioni

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Etzioni, Amitai.

The limits of privacy / Amital Etzioni.
p. cm.

Includes index.

ISBN 0-465-04089-6 (cloth); ISBN 0-465-04090-X (pbk.)
1. Privacy, Right of--United States. 2. Public interest--United
States. 3. Common good. I. Title.

JC596.2.U5E79 1999
323.44′8′0973--dc21 98-47082

CIP

The paper used in this publication meets the requirements of the American National Standard
for Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials Z39.48-1984.

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