Objectionable commemorations: ethical and political issues
The term, "objectionable commemorations”, refers to a broad category of public artefacts – such as, and especially, memorials, monuments and statues – that are regarded as morally problematic in virtue of what or whom they honour. In this regard, they are a special class of public artefacts tha...
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| author | Lim, Chong-Ming Lai, Ten-Herng |
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| description | The term, "objectionable commemorations”, refers to a broad category of public artefacts – such as, and especially, memorials, monuments and statues – that are regarded as morally problematic in virtue of what or whom they honour. In this regard, they are a special class of public artefacts that are subject to public contestation. In this paper, we survey the general ethical and political issues on this topic. First, we categorise the arguments on offer in the literature, concerning the objectionable nature of such commemorations. Second, we review common political responses to objectionable commemorations. Finally, we identify fruitful areas for further philosophical inquiry on this topic. |
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| spelling | ntu-10356/1747002024-04-14T15:30:28Z Objectionable commemorations: ethical and political issues Lim, Chong-Ming Lai, Ten-Herng School of Social Sciences Social Sciences Commemorations Argument The term, "objectionable commemorations”, refers to a broad category of public artefacts – such as, and especially, memorials, monuments and statues – that are regarded as morally problematic in virtue of what or whom they honour. In this regard, they are a special class of public artefacts that are subject to public contestation. In this paper, we survey the general ethical and political issues on this topic. First, we categorise the arguments on offer in the literature, concerning the objectionable nature of such commemorations. Second, we review common political responses to objectionable commemorations. Finally, we identify fruitful areas for further philosophical inquiry on this topic. Ministry of Education (MOE) Published version Chong‐Ming Lim's research was supported by the Ministry of Education, Singapore, under its Academic Research Fund Tier1 RS02/21. 2024-04-08T02:33:18Z 2024-04-08T02:33:18Z 2024 Journal Article Lim, C. & Lai, T. (2024). Objectionable commemorations: ethical and political issues. Philosophy Compass, 19(2), e12963-. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/phc3.12963 1747-9991 https://hdl.handle.net/10356/174700 10.1111/phc3.12963 2-s2.0-85183711493 2 19 e12963 en RS02/21 Philosophy Compass © 2024 The Authors. Philosophy Compass published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution‐NonCommercial License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited and is not used for commercial purposes. application/pdf |
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