Adam D. Moore
 


Professor
: Information School
Adjunct: Dept. of Philosophy


Areas of Specialization

  • Information Ethics
    • Privacy,
    • Intellectual Property,
    • Freedom of Speech,
    • Data Ethics


Contact Information
 
Office: 330R MGH
 
Email: moore2@uw.edu
  Phone: 206 221 6141
  Information Ethics
  and Policy: Conference,
  April 25-26, 2013


 

 

BRIEF BIO
Adam D. Moore is a Professor in the Information School at the University of Washington and examines the ethical, legal, and policy issues surrounding intellectual property, privacy, freedom of speech, accountability, and information control. He holds a Ph.D. in Philosophy from Ohio State University (1997) and is the author of 3 books, 3 edited anthologies, and over 45 articles.
PUBLICATIONS
     Books
          Intellectual Property: Moral and Legal Foundations. Forthcoming Cambridge University Press, 2025.

          Privacy, Security, and Accountability: Ethics, Law, and Policy. Edited by A. Moore (Rowman & Littlefield International),
          2015, 268 pages. PDF

          Privacy Rights: Moral and Legal Foundations (Pennsylvania State University Press, 2010, 237 pages. PDF

          Intellectual Property and Information Control: Philosophic Foundations and Contemporary Issues
          (Routledge Pub. 2004 paperback, 2001 hardback), 252 pages. PDF

          Information Ethics: Privacy, Property, and Power. Edited by A. Moore (University of Washington Press, 2005),
          480 pages.  PDF

          Intellectual Property: Moral, Legal, and International Dilemmas. Edited by A. Moore (Lanham, Md.:
          Rowman & Littlefield, 1997), 352 pages. PDF

Articles (* peer reviewed) ....See http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=202561
1. "AI and the Prisoner's Dilemma: Student and Faculty Cheating."  Under construction.



2. "The Political Philosophy of Housing Policy," with Julie Howe. Under construction.


3.  "Ethics, Law, and Policy for Location-Based Augmented Reality Games," with Carol Hayes.  Under    
      construction.



4. "The Watchers and the Watched." Under review.



5. "Taxes Aren't Just Theft, They're Much Wrose," in Too Weird to Believe, Too Plausible to Deny, eds Clifford
     Sosis (
Routledge, 2025), forthcoming.



6. “Privacy, Security, and Surveillance,” in Technology Ethics: A Philosophical Introduction and Readings, edited
    by
Gregory Robson and Jonathan Y. Tsou (New York, Routledge, 2023), p. 160.



7.  “Users’ Perspectives on Ethical Issues Related to Playing Location-based Augmented Reality Games: A    
    Case Study of Pokemon GO,” with Jin Ha Lee and Jason Yip, in the International Journal of Human-
    Computer Interaction
(IJHCI) Vol. 38 (2023): 1-15.* PDF



8. “Intellectual Property,” Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (2011, 2022).
    *http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/intellectual-property



9. “Privacy Rights in Modern America,” in The Bill of Rights in Modern America, James W. Ely, Jr. and David J.
     Bodenhamer eds. (Indiana University Press. 2022), Pg. 211-31.* PDF



10.  “Free Speech, Privacy, and Autonomy,” in Social Philosophy and Policy, Vol. 37 (2021): 31-51. * PDF


11. “Taxation, Forced Labor, and Theft: Why Taxation is 'On a Par' with Forced Labor,” Southern Journal of
      Philosophy
, Vol. 58 (2020).* PDF



12. “Privacy, Transparency, and the Prisoner’s Dilemma,” Ethics and Information Technology, Vol. 22 (2020):
      211-222.* PDF



13. “Privacy,” The International Encyclopedia of Ethics, edited by Hugh LaFollette (John Wiley and Sons, Inc.,
      2019), 1-11.* PDF



14. “Intellectual Property and the Prisoner's Dilemma: A Game Theory Justification of Copyrights, Patents, and
       Trade Secrets,” in Fordham Intellectual Property, Media & Entertainment Law Journal, Vol. XXVIII (2018):
       831-869. PDF



15. “Privacy, Interests, and Inalienable Rights,” in Moral Philosophy and Politics, Vol. 5 (2018) 327-355.* PDF


16. “Privacy, Neuroscience, and Neuro-Surveillance,” in Res Publica, “Neuroscience and Brain Privacy,” Vol. 23
      (2017):159-177.*PDF



      --Reprinted in Morality and Moral Controversies: Readings in Moral, Social, and Political Philosophy, 10th 
         Edition, edited by Steven Scalet, John Arthur (2019).



17. “Privacy, Speech, and Values: What we have No Business Knowing,” in Ethics and Information Technology,
      Vol. 18 (2016): 41-49.* PDF



18. “Lockean Foundations of Intellectual Property,” WIPO Journal Special Issue, Vol. 7 (2015): 29-40.* PDF


19. “The Value of Privacy, Security, and Accountability,” with Mike Katell, in Privacy, Security, and Accountability.
      Edited by A. Moore (Rowman & Littlefield International, 2015), p. 1-17. PDF



20. “Why Privacy and Accountability Trump Security,” in Privacy, Security, and Accountability. Edited by A.
      Moore (Rowman & Littlefield International, 2015), p. 171-181. PDF



21. “Privacy in the Family,” with Newell, B., Metoyer, C., in The Social Dimensions of Privacy, Cambridge
      University Press, 2015. Beate Roessler and Dorota Mokrosinska eds. (2015), p. 104-121.* PDF



22. “Intellectual Property and Copyright,” in The Book: A Global History, edited by Henry Woudhuysen and
      Michael F. Suarez (2014), p. 183-197.* PDF



23. “Coercing Privacy and Moderate Paternalism: Allen on Unpopular Privacy,” in American Philosophical
      Association Newsletter
in Philosophy and Law, Vol. 13 (2013): 9-14.* PDF



24. “Privacy, Speech, and the Law,” Journal of Information Ethics, Vol. 22 (2013): 21-43.* PDF


25. “A Lockean Theory of Intellectual Property Revisited,” in San Diego Law Review, Vol. 50 (2012):
      1070-1103.* PDF



26. “Drug Testing and Privacy in the Workplace,” in The John Marshall Journal of Computer & Information Law,
       Vol. 29 (2012): 463-492. PDF



27. “Privacy, Security, and Government Surveillance: WikiLeaks and the New Accountability,” in Public Affairs
      Quarterly
, Vol. 25 (2011): 141-156.* PDF



      --Reprinted in Social and Personal Ethics, 8th Edition, William H. Shaw ed. (Cengage Learning Pub. 2014),
         Cha 12.



      --Reprinted in The Library of Essays on Legal Ethics and the Enforcement of Law: Security Ethics,
         (Routledge,  2017), Cha. 19.



      --Reprinted in Security Ethics, Edited By Katerina Hadjimatheou, Tom Sorell, John Guelke (Routledge Pub.)
         2017.



28. “Privacy, Public Health, and Controlling Medical Information,” in Health Care Ethics Committee (HEC
        Forum), Vol. 23 (2010): 225-240.* PDF



29. “Defining Privacy,” in Journal of Social Philosophy, Vol. 39 (2008): 411-428.* PDF


30. “Personality-Based, Rule-Utilitarian, and Lockean Justifications of Intellectual Property,” in Information and
      Computer Ethics
, edited by H. Tavani and K. Himma (John Wiley & Sons, 2008), p. 105-130. PDF



31. “Toward Informational Privacy Rights,” San Diego Law Review, Vol. 44 (2007): 809-845.* PDF


32. “Privacy, Intellectual Property, and Hacking: Evaluating Free Access Arguments,” in Internet Security:
       Hacking,
Counterhacking, and Society, Ken Himma Ed. (Jones & Bartlett Publishers, 2007), p. 235-254. PDF



33. “Privacy,” with Randal Kemp. Library Hi Tech: Special Issue on Information Ethics, Library Hi Tech, Vol. 25
       (2007): 58-78.* PDF



34. “Intellectual Property, Genetic Information, and Gene Enhancement Techniques,” in Ethics, Computing, and
      Genomics: Moral
Controversies in Computational Genomics, edited by Herman Tavani (Jones and Bartlett
       Publishers, 2005), p. 282-305.



35. “Information Ethics: An Introduction” with Kristene Unsworth, Information Ethics: Privacy, Property, and
       Power
, edited by A. Moore (University of Washington Press, 2005), p. 11-28. PDF



36. “Privacy, Liberty, and the Genetic Modification of Humans,” Journal of Philosophical Research, Special
      Supplement: Ethical
Issues for the Twenty-First Century, Frederick R Adams ed., (Charlottesville: Philosophy
      "Documentation Center Press, 2005):  81-95.



37. “Intellectual Property, Privilege, and Natural Rights,” A new introduction to the paperback edition of
      Intellectual Property and
Information Control: Philosophic Foundations and Contemporary Issues (Routledge
       Press, 2004), p. xi-xvii. PDF



38. “Values, Objectivity, and Relationalism,” The Journal of Value Inquiry, Vol. 38 (2004): 75-90.* PDF


39. “Privacy: Its Meaning and Value,” American Philosophical Quarterly, Vol. 40 (2003): 215-227.* PDF


       --Reprinted in Professions in Ethical Focus, edited by Fritz Allhoff, Jonathan Milgrim, and Anand Vaidya
         (2nd edition, Broadview Press, 2021), Cha. 39.



40. “Intellectual Property: Theory, Privilege, and Pragmatism,” The Canadian Journal of Law and Jurisprudence,
       Vol.16 (2003): 191-216. * PDF



41. “Intellectual Property, Innovation, and Social Progress: The Case against Incentives Based Arguments,” The
       Hamline Law
Review, Vol. 26 (2003): 602-630. PDF



       --Reprinted in The Andean Yearbook of Intellectual Rights, Nº 4, 1011.


42. “Owning Genetic Information and Gene Enhancement Techniques: Why Privacy and Property May
       Undermine Social Control of the Human Genome,” Bioethics, Vol. 14 (2000): 97-119.* PDF



43. “Employee Monitoring & Computer Technology: Evaluative Surveillance v. Privacy,” Business Ethics
       Quarterly
, Vol. 10 (2000): 697-709.*



       --Reprinted in Information Ethics: Privacy, Property, and Power. Ed. A. Moore (University of Washington
          Press, 2005), p. 251-264. PDF



44. “Privacy and the Encryption Debate,” Knowledge, Technology, and Policy, Vol. 12 (2000): 72-84.* PDF


45. “Intangible Property: Privacy, Power, and Information Control,” in American Philosophical Quarterly, Vol. 35
       (1998): 365-378. * PDF



       --Reprinted in Information Ethics: Privacy, Property, and Power. Ed. A. Moore (University of Washington
          Press, 2005), p. 172-190.



46. “A Lockean Theory of Intellectual Property,” The Hamline Law Review, Vol. 21 (1998): 65-108. PDF


47. “Property and Information Control,” The Proceedings of the Ohio Philosophical Association (1998):109-122.*


48. “Introduction To Intellectual Property,” in Intellectual Property: Moral Legal, and International Dilemmas, Ed.
      A. Moore (Rowman & Littlefield, 1997), p. 9-23. PDF



49. “Toward A Lockean Theory of Intellectual Property,” in Intellectual Property: Moral, Legal, and International
       Dilemmas
, Ed. A. Moore (Rowman & Littlefield, 1997), p. 91-112. PDF








Recent and Forthcoming Presentations






1. "Five Arguments for Intellectual Property," The Association of Private Enterprise Education (APEE) 49th Meeting, Guatemala City, April, 2025.


2. "Mill, Rights, and Intellectual Property," The Association of Private Enterprise Education (APEE) 48th Meeting, Las Vegas, April, 2024.


3. Center for the Protection of Intellectual Property (CPIP) research symposium on philosophical approaches to itellectual property, New York University Law School, June 2023.


4. “Radicalism and Conservatism in the Thought of Herbert Spencer,” Panel Discussion, Liberty Fund colloquium to be held April 21 - 24, 2022 in La Jolla, California.


5. “Free Speech, Privacy and Autonomy,” The Association of Private Enterprise Education (APEE) 46th Meeting, Paris Las Vegas and Bally’s Las Vegas, April 3-5, 2022.


6. “Taxation, Forced Labor, and Theft: Why Forced Taxation is ‘On a Par’ with Forced Labor,” The Association of Private Enterprise Education (APEE) 46th Meeting, Paris Las Vegas and Bally’s Las Vegas, April 3-5, 2022.


7. Center for the Protection of Intellectual Property (CPIP) research symposium on philosophical approaches to intellectual property, New York University Law School, June 2022.


8. Center for the Protection of Intellectual Property (CPIP) research symposium on philosophical approaches to intellectual property, New York University Law School, June 2021.


9. Workshop on Cybersecurity Ethics, Prominent Challenges for Cybersecurity students, professionals, and scholars. Panelist, July 30th, Aug. 14th, Aug. 29th 2020, Online workshop funded by the DOD, hosted by Steve Cooper, D. Damopoulos, Melissa Dark, S. Wetzel.


10. “A Comment on Mala Chatterjee’s “Understanding Intellectual Property: Expression, Function, and Individuation,” Center for the Protection of Intellectual Property (CPIP) research symposium on philosophical approaches to intellectual property, New York University Law School, July 2020, online.


11. “Freedom of Speech, Self-Government, and Privacy,” Liberty Fund, Inc. conference on Freedom of Thought, July 18-21, 2019 in Park City, Utah.


12. “Intellectual Property, Personality, and Misrepresentation,” presented at the Center for the Protection of Intellectual Property (CPIP) research symposium on philosophical approaches to intellectual property, June 2019, George Mason University.


13. “Taxation, Forced Labor, and Theft,” ("Why Taxation is on a Par with Forced Labor"), American Philosophical Association Eastern Division meetings, January 7-10, 2019.


14. “Free Will, Moral Responsibility, and Causality,” Panel Discussion, Liberty Fund colloquium, Denver, Colorado, June 7 - 10, 2018.


15. “Privacy, Security, and Surveillance: Big Data and the New Accountability,” Keynote Address, Information Ethics Roundtable, Copenhagen, May 17-18, 2018.


16. "'Habermas, Democracy, the Public Sphere, and Patents' a comment on Professor Kali Murray," Philosophical Approaches to Intellectual Property, Center for the Protection of Intellectual Property (CPIP), Hilton Head Island, South Carolina May 31 – June 1, 2018.


17. Panel Discussion, “David Ricardo's *On the Principles of Political Economy and Taxation*” Liberty Fund colloquium, Henderson, Nevada, April 5 - 8, 2018.






Intellectual Property bibliography page.



Privacy bibliography page.




(last updated 05/15/2025)