Please note that this week's seminar will not be in the usual venue. It will be held in W3A 501. All are welcome to attend.
"Won't somebody please think of the children?" Hate speech, harm, and childhood Bob Simpson (Monash) Date: Tuesday, 16th of May Time: 13:00 - 14:00 Venue: W3A 501, Macquarie University Abstract: Many authors claim that hate speech harms its targets and society at large. A prima facie plausible hypothesis about how this occurs is that hate speech has a profound and pernicious influence on the attitudes of children. Here I explore the merits of this hypothesis in relation to (i) justifications for anti-hate speech law, and (ii) broader questions about the role of communication in causing and perpetuating social inequality. I argue that a successful justification for anti-hate speech law requires evidence of its harmful effects, as well as a credible attribution of responsibility for these harmful effects to the speaker. I argue that both conditions are more likely to be satisfied if our account of the relevant harm is built around claims about speech's influence on children. I finish by outlining some of the policy implications that might follow from these consideration. Contact: Adam Hochman (adam.hoch...@mq.edu.au<mailto:adam.hoch...@mq.edu.au>) or Mike Olson (michael.ol...@mq.edu.au<mailto:michael.ol...@mq.edu.au>) A google calendar with details of other events in this series is available for viewing and subscription by following this link: goo.gl/3Iu7hk<https://goo.gl/3Iu7hk> --- Adam Hochman Lecturer in Philosophy & Macquarie University Research Fellow Department of Philosophy | W6A, Room 733 Macquarie University, NSW 2109, Australia Staff Profile | http://www.mq.edu.au/about_us/faculties_and_departments/faculty_of_arts/department_of_philosophy/staff/adam_hochman/ Academia.edu Page | https://mq.academia.edu/AdamHochman Philpapers Page | http://philpapers.org/profile/48626 Personal Website | adamhochman.com T: +61 2 9850 8859<tel:%2B61%202%209850%206895> | arts.mq.edu.au<http://arts.mq.edu.au/> [Macquarie University]<http://mq.edu.au/>
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