VOLUME 9(2) • 2017
THE CRIMINALIZATION OF ONLINE HATE SPEECH: IT’S COMPLICATED
ABSTRACT. This study is grounded in the considerable body of scholarship examining the increasing incidence of online hate in the cross-cultural framework, the massive rejuvenation and effective alteration of hate groups throughout the web, and the difficult tasks of the absolute free speech setting..
THE EU DIGITAL SINGLE MARKET FROM A CONSUMER STANDPOINT: HOW DO PROMISES MEET MEANS?
ABSTRACT. This article discusses the EU Digital Single Market Strategy, focusing on implications for consumers. The emphasis is on the position of consumers in terms of consumer protection and competition issues. The study analyses the goals set for the Digital Single Market, and how consumer-relate..
CONSTITUTIONAL REVIEW, LUXEMBOURG STYLE: A STRUCTURAL CRITIQUE OF THE WAY IN WHICH THE EUROPEAN COURT OF JUSTICE REVIEWS THE CONSTITUTIONALITY OF THE LAWS OF THE MEMBER STATES OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
ABSTRACT. This article shows how the substantive bias at the core of the present socio-economic constitution of the European Union is directly related to the characterization of economic freedoms (crucially, the right to freedom of establishment of corporations and the free movement of capital) as t..
FAMILIES IN US IMMIGRATION DETENTION: WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO DO “THE RIGHT THING”?
ABSTRACT. The methodology of normative ethics can help policymakers to design better migration governance policies and practices. As a means to tap into the core values of liberal states, normative ethics indicates a novel way out from the contemporary muddle of shifting public opinion, intense medi..
THE INEXORABLE SHIFT TOWARDS AN INCREASINGLY HOSTILE CYBERSPACE ENVIRONMENT: THE ADVERSE SOCIAL IMPACT OF ONLINE TROLLING BEHAVIOR
ABSTRACT. The purpose of this article is to gain a deeper understanding of the moral consequences of online trolling behavior, the peculiarities of the troll space, the effect of socio-cultural and technological settings on online trolling, and the personality features and incentives of persons that..
DEMOCRATIC SEXUALITY AND ALIENATED CAPITALISM IN HOUELLEBECQ’S NOVELS
ABSTRACT. In this paper I am particularly interested in exploring Houellebecq’s approach of sex, his concern with the adverse consequences of neoliberalism on the private and sentimental life, and his thoroughgoing contempt of the sexual liberation. This research makes conceptual and methodological ..
“PUBLIC INTEREST,” JUDICIAL REASONING AND VIOLENCE OF THE LAW: CONSTRUCTING BOUNDARIES OF THE “MORALLY ACCEPTABLE”
ABSTRACT. Constitutional courts have a major role to play in not only defining such concepts as “public interest” and “public harm” but also in contributing to the process of shaping society’s perceptions of acceptable boundaries of citizenship and defining which individuals and actions should be le..
THE PSYCHOLOGICAL FABRIC OF ETHICAL SUBJECTIVITY IN WOODY ALLEN’S FILMS
ABSTRACT. This article reviews Bailey and Girgus (2013) and supplements it with theoretically based empirical research. In the present paper, I focus on the philosophical substance of Allen’s films, his employment of framing devices and films-within-films, his romantic links with popular culture, an..
EMPATHY MAY CURB BIAS: TWO STUDIES OF THE EFFECTS OF NEWS STORIES ON IMPLICIT ATTITUDES TOWARD AFRICAN AMERICANS AND NATIVE AMERICANS
ABSTRACT. People think and feel more negatively about outgroup members, even though such attitudes are rarely expressed explicitly; people may be unaware of them or express them only symbolically. The literature suggests that, cross-culturally, negative attitudes against outgroup members are more pr..
LIVING IN UNCERTAINTY: RESURGENCE OF BLOOD FEUD IN ALBANIAN POST-SOCIALIST SOCIETY AND ITS CONSEQUENCES ON CHILDREN AND YOUNG ADULTS
ABSTRACT. This paper examines how the resurgence of the customary law (Kanun) and blood feud during the harsh period of transition of the Albanian society to market economy negatively impacted children and young adults exposing them to hate, crime, violence, and social exclusion. Being trapped in ch..