Michel Foucault, a French philosopher of the 20th century, who uses opposing ideas of the Enlightenment in attempt to prove human worth and identity, has also addressed this question. ... Living within a panoptic society destroys the Enlightenment's ultimate ideal of the autonomous self. ... Once immoral boundaries of surveillance are crossed, one is stripped of absolute reason and freedom, thus destroying the strong Enlightenment ideal of autonomy. ...

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