Microaggressions, cancel culture, safe spaces, and academic freedom: A private property rights argumentation

IF 3.6 2区 哲学 Q2 BUSINESS
Philipp Bagus, Frank Daumann, Florian Follert
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Abstract

Science is critical and thrives on discourse. However, new challenges for science and academic freedom have arisen from an often-discussed cancel culture and an increasing demand for safe spaces, which are justified by their assumed protection against microaggressions. These phenomena can impede scientific progress and innovation by prohibiting certain thought processes and heterodox ideas that eventually result in new ideas, publications, statements, etc. In this paper, we use the approach of property rights ethics to shed light on these phenomena, especially in academia. First, we argue that microaggressions must be generally tolerated according to property rights ethics as the starting point for discussion. Then, we analyze cancel culture and safe spaces in academia. To this end, we distinguish between two basic cases in the educational system. We show that cancel culture and safe spaces seem justifiable in a private education system but have no place in public, tax-funded universities from the perspective of property ethics. Our essay contributes, on the one hand, to the economic analysis of science and, on the other hand, to the ethical study of new phenomena in modern societies.

微冒犯、取消文化、安全空间和学术自由:私有产权论证
科学具有批判性,并在讨论中蓬勃发展。然而,科学和学术自由面临的新挑战来自于经常讨论的取消文化和对安全空间日益增长的需求,其理由是假定安全空间可以防止微观侵害。这些现象可能会阻碍科学进步和创新,因为它们会禁止某些思维过程和异端思想,而这些思想和异端思想最终会产生新的想法、出版物和声明等。在本文中,我们采用产权伦理学的方法来揭示这些现象,尤其是学术界的这些现象。首先,我们根据产权伦理学作为讨论的起点,认为微冒犯必须得到普遍容忍。然后,我们分析了学术界的取消文化和安全空间。为此,我们区分了教育系统中的两种基本情况。我们表明,取消文化和安全空间在私立教育系统中似乎是合理的,但从产权伦理的角度来看,在公立的、由税收资助的大学中却没有立足之地。我们的文章一方面有助于科学的经济分析,另一方面有助于对现代社会新现象的伦理研究。
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