The Truman Show Case: A Legal and Ethical Framework for Artificial Exposure, Human Dignity, and the Denial of Public Life
The Truman Show Case: A Legal and Ethical Framework for Artificial Exposure, Human Dignity, and the Denial of Public Life By Ronen Kolton Yehuda (MKR: Messiah King RKY) Abstract This article develops a legal, ethical, and policy-oriented framework for what may be called “The Truman Show Case” : a situation in which one person’s life, identity, image, reputation, private experiences, creative work, public ambitions, and economic opportunities are allegedly treated as public material without consent. The name is used as a cultural and analytical reference. It does not claim a connection to the film itself. It describes a modern legal and moral problem: what happens when a human being is allegedly exposed, observed, discussed, commercially used, reputationally damaged, socially blocked, or denied fair access to public life. The article does not determine liability by itself. Real liability requires evidence, jurisdiction, legal procedure, due process, and judicial decision. The purpose he...