Social Punishment
Contemporary complaints about cancel culture resemble older practices of social expulsion. Public punishment for unpopular or transgressive speech is not new. Exile was a historical form of punishment used to drive away people who offended…
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Contemporary complaints about cancel culture resemble older practices of social expulsion. Public punishment for unpopular or transgressive speech is not new. Exile was a historical form of punishment used to drive away people who offended, threatened, or upset the community. Punishing dissent by exclusion is not limited to modern media or current political culture. Reputational and social penalties have long been part of the context in which moral courage operates.