Love · FORTUNE
Fortune #24
Mixed — reflect carefully
A couple photo or location online concerns two people. Ask before posting, and accept the answer even if it seems minor to you.
QUOTE CARD
A quote for you
“จงปฏิบัติต่อความเป็นมนุษย์ของทุกคนในฐานะจุดหมาย ไม่ใช่เพียงเครื่องมือ”
— อิมมานูเอล คานท์
นักปรัชญาชาวเยอรมัน ผู้วางรากฐานสำคัญให้จริยศาสตร์เรื่องศักดิ์ศรีและหน้าที่
- Person
- Immanuel Kant
- Source work
- Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals
- Source text
- Treat humanity ... always at the same time as an end, never merely as a means.
STORY & REFLECTION
The couple photo posted after asking
Research-based illustration · Privacy in a digital relationship
Illustrative scene: Someone takes a couple photo outside a workplace and is about to post it. Their partner has chosen to keep the relationship private at work for now.
Asked before the post goes up, the partner can say no. They choose a photo without the location and agree to ask each time. Good intentions do not replace the subject's choice.
The Hotline explains that technology can be used to monitor, control, or humiliate. Asking before posting a photo, location, or private detail is therefore more than etiquette; it confirms that the person still controls their own information.
Consent about online information belongs before publication, not after someone must ask for a post to be removed.
Reflection
Both people's privacy matters.
A small action today
Ask before posting the other person's photo or story.
A question to reflect on
Which photos or details would you want someone to ask about before posting?