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Panoptic today means providing a panoramic view.
Panoptic today means providing a panoramic view.
The philospher [[Michel Foucault]] also used the term to explain how society influences an individual's actions, even when that individual knows that their actions are private and undectectable. In short, according to Foucault, people internalize, or become acustomed to, the idea that they are always being watched by a moral force (such as [[God]]) and so behave morally even in the absence of an observer.
The philospher [[Michel Foucault]] also used the term to explain how society influences an individual's actions, even when that individual knows that their actions are private and undetectable. In short, according to Foucault, people internalize, or become accustomed to, the idea that they are always being watched by a moral force (such as [[God]]) and so behave morally even in the absence of an observer.
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