Books
Book review: Philosophy for a Better World in the social media age
Academic Arianne Shahvisi drops the well-worn canon to reveal how reason is beset by unexamined assumptions, leading to cancel culture, bigotry and oppression
Can you be racist to a white person? Is mansplaining a cause of harm? Are we culpable in the face of structural injustice? Deliberately provocative, these questions are a snapshot of preoccupations of the culture wars and perhaps should come with a health warning if trying to engage in online debate. Luckily help is at hand, because they’re just some of the ethical dilemmas deconstructed and put back together in forensic detail in Arguing for a Better World.
