Aitchison & Meckled-Garcia, Against_Online_Public_Shaming.pdf (405.53 kB)
Against online public shaming: ethical problems with mass social media
journal contribution
posted on 2020-08-05, 08:35 authored by Guy AitchisonGuy Aitchison, Saladin Meckled-GarciaOnline Public Shaming (OPS) is a form of norm enforcement that involves collectively imposing reputational costs on a person for having a certain kind of moral character. OPS actions aim to disqualify her from public discussion and certain normal human relations. We argue that this constitutes an informal collective punishment that it is presumptively wrong to impose (or seek to impose) on others. OPS functions as a form of ostracism that fails to show equal basic respect to its targets. Additionally, in seeking to mobilise unconstrained collective power with potentially serious punitive consequences, OPS is incompatible with due process values.
History
School
- Social Sciences and Humanities
Department
- Politics and International Studies
Published in
Social Theory and PracticeVolume
47Issue
1Pages
1 - 31Publisher
Philosophy Documentation CenterVersion
- AM (Accepted Manuscript)
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© Social Theory and PracticePublisher statement
This paper was accepted for publication in the journal Social Theory and Practice and the definitive published version is available at https://doi.org/10.5840/soctheorpract20201117109.Acceptance date
2020-05-29Publication date
2020-11-19ISSN
0037-802XeISSN
2154-123XPublisher version
Language
- en