RT Article
T1 Hate Speech and Self-Restraint
JF Ethical theory and moral practice
VO 22
IS 3
SP 657
OP 671
A1 Thompson, Simon
LA English
PB Springer Science + Business Media B. V
YR 2019
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/168088719X
AB In this article, my aim is to consider under what circumstances, and for what reasons, individuals may freely choose not to speak hatefully about others. Even if not threatened with legal sanction, why might they decide not to say something which they think they have good reason to say? My suggestion will be that there are various pro tanto reasons for individuals to restrain themselves from saying what they wanted to say. To be specific, I shall argue that such reasons fall into three analytically distinct categories, which I shall describe as normative codes of civility, ethics and morality. Thus each of these codes may provide different sorts of reasons for not engaging in hate speech. My hope is that the results of this investigation may usefully inform a strategy which aims to combat such speech without resource to the law.
K1 Civility
K1 Ethics
K1 Hatred
K1 Morality
K1 Pro tanto reasons
K1 Self-censorship
K1 Self-restraint
DO 10.1007/s10677-019-10004-y