Barendt, Eric;
(2019)
What Is the Harm of Hate Speech?
Ethical Theory and Moral Practice
, 22
pp. 539-553.
10.1007/s10677-019-10002-0.
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Abstract
In Jeremy Waldron’s book, The Harm in Hate Speech, it is not always clear whether he argues that hate speech causes harm or whether it constitutes harm. This article considers this uncertainty, concluding that the best understanding of Waldron’s argument is that hate speech tends to cause harm - a weak form of the consequentialist case for its proscription. His argument is not advanced by his apparent reliance on speech-act theory.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | What Is the Harm of Hate Speech? |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s10677-019-10002-0 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1007/s10677-019-10002-0 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. |
| Keywords: | Waldron; The harm in hate speech; Causing or constituting harm; Speech-act theory |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of Laws |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10079555 |
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