Hate speech is endemic in digital space, and it does not spare academia. Especially scholars work... more Hate speech is endemic in digital space, and it does not spare academia. Especially scholars working in fields prone to political debate - from migration to climate change, from gender to refugee integration, and many more topics - find themselves increasingly attacked. With this chapter, we hope to raise awareness for the increasingly prevalent phenomenon of cyberhate targeting academics. Our intention is to shed light on some of its harmful effects, and, by providing some conceptual analysis, to contribute to individual and organisational prevention and coping strategies.We conclude that guarding against cyberhate is now part of academics' and their institutions' responsibility.
In metaethical debate it is often agreed that moral reasons have to be grounded in something othe... more In metaethical debate it is often agreed that moral reasons have to be grounded in something other than human attitudes in order to be objective. In my contribution I argue in favour of the Kantian constructivist view that human attitudes can ground objective moral reasons. I do so by providing a novel analysis of the attitude of valuing.
Metaethical constructivists have proposed many arguments against mind-independence moral realism.... more Metaethical constructivists have proposed many arguments against mind-independence moral realism. In this paper I resume the constructivist critique against realism on the grounds of considerations stemming from moral phenomenology. My claim is that constructivism, by contrast to moral mind-independence theories such as moral realism, fares better with regard to accounting for the phenomenology of moral practice and discourse. Given the importance of phenomenological investigation for metaethical theorizing as such, my argument shows that there is good reason to prefer constructivism over any kind of theory that endorses the mind-independence of morality.
Metaethical constructivists have proposed many arguments against mind-independence moral realism.... more Metaethical constructivists have proposed many arguments against mind-independence moral realism. In this paper I resume the constructivist critique against realism on the grounds of considerations stemming from moral phenomenology. My claim is that constructivism, in contrast to moral mind-independence theories such as moral realism or quasi-realism, fares better in accounting for the phenomenology of moral practice and discourse. Given the importance of phenomenological investigation for metaethical theorizing as such, my argument shows that there is good reason to prefer constructivism over any kind of theory that endorses the mind-independence of morality.ZusammenfassungInnerhalb der konstruktivistischen Debatte in der Metaethik sind viele Argumente gegen den moralischen Realismus vorgestellt worden, nach welchem moralische Urteile durch die Existenz eines bewusstseinsunabhängigen Sets moralischer Tatsachen wahrgemacht werden. In vorliegendem Artikel greife ich die konstruktivistische Kritik am moralischen Realismus auf, indem ich ein neues Argument gegen den Realismus anführe, das sich auf die Ergebnisse der Untersuchung der moralischen Phänomenologie stützt. Genauer argumentiere ich dafür, dass der Konstruktivismus, gegenüber der realistischen Positionen, besser in der Lage ist, der moralischen Phänomenologie Rechnung zu tragen. Gegeben der Wichtigkeit der Frage, ob und wie eine metaethische Position in der Lage ist, der Phänomenologie Rechnung zu tragen, zeigt mein Argument, dass es gute Gründe gibt, den Konstruktivismus jedweder Position den Vorzug zu geben, die für die Eigenschaft der Bewusstseinsunabhängigkeit moralischer Tatsachen argumentiert.
When it comes to the metaethical task of explaining and making sense of what it is that we are do... more When it comes to the metaethical task of explaining and making sense of what it is that we are doing while doing ethics, the subject of moral objectivity occupies an important and special place within that task. Thus, it is often agreed that being able to explain and justify the objective features of common moral practice is one of if not the most important task for any metaethical theory to undertake. In this dissertation, I tackle the issue of ethical objectivity on behalf of metaethical constructivism. To be more precise, my aim is to make plausible, strengthen, and defend the constructivist original contribution to contemporary metaethics by developing a novel constructivist account on the objectivity of ethics. While the account that I develop herein presents a novel and independent approach to the subject of moral objectivity on behalf of constructivism, it also places itself between the two other positions within the constructivist camp that openly strive to secure ethical ob...
Responsibility for Refugee and Migrant Integration, 2019
Hate speech is endemic in digital space, and it does not spare academia. Especially scholars work... more Hate speech is endemic in digital space, and it does not spare academia. Especially scholars working in fields prone to political debate-from migration to climate change, from gender to refugee integration, and many more topics-find themselves increasingly attacked. With this chapter, we hope to raise awareness for the increasingly prevalent phenomenon of cyberhate targeting academics. Our intention is to shed light on some of its harmful effects, and, by providing some conceptual analysis, to contribute to individual and organisational prevention and coping strategies. We conclude that guarding against cyberhate is now part of academics' and their institutions' responsibility.
Hate speech is endemic in digital space, and it does not spare academia. Especially scholars work... more Hate speech is endemic in digital space, and it does not spare academia. Especially scholars working in fields prone to political debate - from migration to climate change, from gender to refugee integration, and many more topics - find themselves increasingly attacked. With this chapter, we hope to raise awareness for the increasingly prevalent phenomenon of cyberhate targeting academics. Our intention is to shed light on some of its harmful effects, and, by providing some conceptual analysis, to contribute to individual and organisational prevention and coping strategies.We conclude that guarding against cyberhate is now part of academics' and their institutions' responsibility.
In metaethical debate it is often agreed that moral reasons have to be grounded in something othe... more In metaethical debate it is often agreed that moral reasons have to be grounded in something other than human attitudes in order to be objective. In my contribution I argue in favour of the Kantian constructivist view that human attitudes can ground objective moral reasons. I do so by providing a novel analysis of the attitude of valuing.
Metaethical constructivists have proposed many arguments against mind-independence moral realism.... more Metaethical constructivists have proposed many arguments against mind-independence moral realism. In this paper I resume the constructivist critique against realism on the grounds of considerations stemming from moral phenomenology. My claim is that constructivism, by contrast to moral mind-independence theories such as moral realism, fares better with regard to accounting for the phenomenology of moral practice and discourse. Given the importance of phenomenological investigation for metaethical theorizing as such, my argument shows that there is good reason to prefer constructivism over any kind of theory that endorses the mind-independence of morality.
Metaethical constructivists have proposed many arguments against mind-independence moral realism.... more Metaethical constructivists have proposed many arguments against mind-independence moral realism. In this paper I resume the constructivist critique against realism on the grounds of considerations stemming from moral phenomenology. My claim is that constructivism, in contrast to moral mind-independence theories such as moral realism or quasi-realism, fares better in accounting for the phenomenology of moral practice and discourse. Given the importance of phenomenological investigation for metaethical theorizing as such, my argument shows that there is good reason to prefer constructivism over any kind of theory that endorses the mind-independence of morality.ZusammenfassungInnerhalb der konstruktivistischen Debatte in der Metaethik sind viele Argumente gegen den moralischen Realismus vorgestellt worden, nach welchem moralische Urteile durch die Existenz eines bewusstseinsunabhängigen Sets moralischer Tatsachen wahrgemacht werden. In vorliegendem Artikel greife ich die konstruktivistische Kritik am moralischen Realismus auf, indem ich ein neues Argument gegen den Realismus anführe, das sich auf die Ergebnisse der Untersuchung der moralischen Phänomenologie stützt. Genauer argumentiere ich dafür, dass der Konstruktivismus, gegenüber der realistischen Positionen, besser in der Lage ist, der moralischen Phänomenologie Rechnung zu tragen. Gegeben der Wichtigkeit der Frage, ob und wie eine metaethische Position in der Lage ist, der Phänomenologie Rechnung zu tragen, zeigt mein Argument, dass es gute Gründe gibt, den Konstruktivismus jedweder Position den Vorzug zu geben, die für die Eigenschaft der Bewusstseinsunabhängigkeit moralischer Tatsachen argumentiert.
When it comes to the metaethical task of explaining and making sense of what it is that we are do... more When it comes to the metaethical task of explaining and making sense of what it is that we are doing while doing ethics, the subject of moral objectivity occupies an important and special place within that task. Thus, it is often agreed that being able to explain and justify the objective features of common moral practice is one of if not the most important task for any metaethical theory to undertake. In this dissertation, I tackle the issue of ethical objectivity on behalf of metaethical constructivism. To be more precise, my aim is to make plausible, strengthen, and defend the constructivist original contribution to contemporary metaethics by developing a novel constructivist account on the objectivity of ethics. While the account that I develop herein presents a novel and independent approach to the subject of moral objectivity on behalf of constructivism, it also places itself between the two other positions within the constructivist camp that openly strive to secure ethical ob...
Responsibility for Refugee and Migrant Integration, 2019
Hate speech is endemic in digital space, and it does not spare academia. Especially scholars work... more Hate speech is endemic in digital space, and it does not spare academia. Especially scholars working in fields prone to political debate-from migration to climate change, from gender to refugee integration, and many more topics-find themselves increasingly attacked. With this chapter, we hope to raise awareness for the increasingly prevalent phenomenon of cyberhate targeting academics. Our intention is to shed light on some of its harmful effects, and, by providing some conceptual analysis, to contribute to individual and organisational prevention and coping strategies. We conclude that guarding against cyberhate is now part of academics' and their institutions' responsibility.
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