Most studies on the ethics of privacy focus on what others ought to do to accommodate our interest in privacy. I focus on a related but distinct question that has attracted less attention in the literature: When, if ever, does morality require us to safeguard our own privacy? While we often have prudential reasons for safeguarding our privacy, we are also, at least sometimes, morally required to do so. I argue that we, sometimes, ought to safeguard our privacy for the sake of the possible wrongdoer, in order to prevent the possible wrongdoer from committing a morally defiling act that renders them worse off. I illustrate the variety of cases in which this duty binds us and contrast my view to some other claims in the literature which also purport to show that we sometimes have a duty to safeguard our own privacy.

大多数关于隐私伦理的研究都集中在其他人应该做些什么来满足我们对隐私的兴趣。我专注于一个相关但独特的问题，该问题在文献中引起的关注较少：道德何时（如果有的话）要求我们保护自己的隐私？虽然我们通常有谨慎的理由来保护我们的隐私，但至少有时，我们在道德上也需要这样做。我认为，有时我们应该为了可能的不法行为者而保护我们的隐私，以防止可能的不法行为者犯下使他们更糟的道德败坏行为。我说明了这项义务约束我们的各种情况，并将我的观点与文献中的其他一些主张进行对比，这些主张也旨在表明我们有时有义务保护自己的隐私。