TY  - EJOU
AU  - Veber, V. Michael
TI  - The Ethics of No Platforming: Defending the Defense of Immoral Ideas on University Campuses
T2  - Journal of Controversial Ideas

PY  - 2024
VL  - 4
IS  - 2
SN  - 2694-5991

AB  - A common justification for no platforming on university campuses contends that it is immoral to discuss and debate certain “problematic” points of view. The conventional line of response from campus free speech advocates denies this contention. This article offers an unconventional answer to the moral no platformer. I concede that it is immoral to publicly discuss and debate certain points of view. But I advocate doing it anyway. The argument appeals to the notion of admirable immorality and a traditional conception of what a university is.
KW  - no platforming
KW  - free speech
KW  - academic freedom
KW  - admirable immorality
KW  - comic immoralism
KW  - following the argument wherever it leads
DO  - 10.35995/jci04020012