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What a 'Boo' can do: Adam Goodes, discrimination, and norm (R)evolution
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Richardson-Self, L, What a 'Boo' can do: Adam Goodes, discrimination, and norm (R)evolution, Australasian Philosophical Review, 5, (2) pp. 203-210. ISSN 2474-0500 (2022) [Contribution to Refereed Journal]
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DOI: doi:10.1080/24740500.2021.2012104
Abstract
In this commentary I evaluate what McGowan’s project would conclude with respect to the treatment of professional Australian Football League player Adam Goodes, who was incessantly ‘booed’ by crowds for the final two years of his career. Analysing Goodes’ case in light of McGowan’s argument leads me to two observations. First, McGowan’s norm-enactment approach is incredibly useful because it explains how words like ‘boo’ (with unstable meaning) can constitute actionable discrimination. Second, however, I wonder if a narrow focus on whether such speech is legally actionable might encourage an overestimation of the power of laws to shepherd new g-norms into social practices
Item Details
| Item Type: | Contribution to Refereed Journal |
|---|---|
| Keywords: | hate speech, free speech, harm, norms, racism |
| Research Division: | Human Society |
| Research Group: | Political science |
| Research Field: | Political theory and political philosophy |
| Objective Division: | Law, Politics and Community Services |
| Objective Group: | Other law, politics and community services |
| Objective Field: | Other law, politics and community services not elsewhere classified |
| UTAS Author: | Richardson-Self, L (Dr Louise Richardson-Self) |
| ID Code: | 151145 |
| Year Published: | 2022 |
| Funding Support: | Australian Research Council (DE190100719) |
| Deposited By: | Philosophy and Gender Studies |
| Deposited On: | 2022-07-21 |
| Last Modified: | 2022-07-21 |
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