Year: 2021
Type: article
Abstract: Taking offense: An emotion reconsideredA stranger in the pub bumps into you spilling your drink and then doesn't apologize, or someone pushes past to grab a seat on the train.A colleague makes a dismissive remark about your work in front of your boss.A man catcalls a woman on the street, or wears a T-shirt declaring, "keep calm, watch lesbians."One reaction to affronts like these is to take offense.Philosophers have said a great deal about causing offense, especially whether we should punish or prevent it, but very little about what is to take offense, let alone whether we should. 1 Hitherto, the focus of moral and legal philosophy has tended to be the offender, not the offended.Meanwhile, taking offense has captured popular attention, with a multitude of books and opinion pieces condemning "oversensitive millennials" and "generation With thanks for detailed and constructive
Source: Philosophy & Public Affairs
DOI: 10.1111/papa.12188
Author: Emily McTernan
Language: English
Subfield: Philosophy
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
Estimated APC paid: $3,000
Award: G4624261270
OpenAlex ID: W3141676420