Islamophobia, Hateful Speech, and the Need to Practice Democratic Virtues

Islamophobia, Hateful Speech, and the Need to Practice Democratic Virtues

This essay examines the relationship between hateful speech and its potential and realized harmful effects socially and politically vulnerable groups, particularly Muslims, in a democratic society. I critically evaluate the assumption that free speech is an absolute value of secularism and the corre...

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Main Author: Shannon Dunn
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Gonzaga Library Publishing 2013-01-01
Series:Journal of Hate Studies
Online Access:https://jhs.press.gonzaga.edu/articles/90
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spelling doaj-5a8fb09e997944ec85171feb4a0384572020-11-25T03:07:59ZengGonzaga Library PublishingJournal of Hate Studies2169-74422013-01-01111294910.33972/jhs.9090Islamophobia, Hateful Speech, and the Need to Practice Democratic VirtuesShannon Dunn0Gonzaga UniversityThis essay examines the relationship between hateful speech and its potential and realized harmful effects socially and politically vulnerable groups, particularly Muslims, in a democratic society. I critically evaluate the assumption that free speech is an absolute value of secularism and the corresponding definition of Muslims as religious others in European and American democratic culture. Instead of arguing strictly for the legal regulation of hateful speech, however, I contend that the cultivation of civic virtuesspecifically charity and solidaritymay counteract the harmful effects of such speech, and can lend moral justification for the right of free speech.https://jhs.press.gonzaga.edu/articles/90
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description This essay examines the relationship between hateful speech and its potential and realized harmful effects socially and politically vulnerable groups, particularly Muslims, in a democratic society. I critically evaluate the assumption that free speech is an absolute value of secularism and the corresponding definition of Muslims as religious others in European and American democratic culture. Instead of arguing strictly for the legal regulation of hateful speech, however, I contend that the cultivation of civic virtuesspecifically charity and solidaritymay counteract the harmful effects of such speech, and can lend moral justification for the right of free speech.
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