I think most people would agree that hate speech is problematic. The vandal who spray paints a swastika on a synagogue door is engaging the entire community in an ethical challenge.<\/p>\n
These days, most communities would respond to such a challenge in a very negative way. Such an act would be labeled hate speech, and there would be consequences for the perpetrator.<\/p>\n
But what about “speech” that is intended for nobody but oneself? Suppose, for example, you enhance your (slightly in the future) augmented reality glasses to draw a virtual swastika on the front door of every synagogue you can see — an intervention intended for your eyes only.<\/p>\n
Have you committed an ethical violation of community standards? Have you, in fact, even engaged your community in any way?<\/p>\n
Today I had a rousing debate with some colleagues about these very questions. We didn’t come up with any simple solutions, but we did work out some basic principles.<\/p>\n
More tomorrow.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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