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[…] recently, I’ve defended the idea of canceling PornHub and other sites that rely on or facilitate human trafficking of children in pornography. The […] LikeLike

[…] no one can dispute that what I’m urging is a cancelation, either. I described cancelation in a previous post as a matter of non-legalized accountability based on what people deserve for their thoughts and […] LikeLike

[…] it ends up being) mini-series serves the same purpose as the many examples I’ve adduced of character-based voting, examples likewise undiscussed by critics of character-based […] LikeLike

[…] by several online dictionaries, and also coheres with the ordinary idea of a cancellation, a topic I’ve belabored here at PoT. Ideological cancellations are a species of cancellation alongside ordinary cancellations (e.g., of […] …

In reply to Irfan Khawaja. I’m afraid that it’s you, not I, who have misdiagnosed the current state of American politics. Putting “cancel culture” aside for the moment, we have seen on the Left people who are both willing and ab…

In reply to Irfan Khawaja. Here, by the way, is a link to the Mellema book: And here’s a review in Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews: https://ndpr.nd.edu/reviews/complicity-and-moral-accountability/ As the reviewer points out, it’s a diffic…

In reply to mlyoung57. @Michael Young We’re not really disagreeing, so much as emphasizing different things. But my quick responses: On (1): (1a) That cancellation can be misused is compatible with saying that it can be properly used. (1b) That c…

In reply to sean samis. I agree with that, but will respond separately to Michael Brazier on both Franco and transitivity. LikeLike

In reply to sean samis. Thanks LikeLike