Trial by Internet : a millian analysis of cancel culture

Singapore’s 2020 General Elections saw a new candidate from the incumbent party withdraw, after allegations against his character surfaced on social media. This act of boycotting or deplatforming notable figures through social media has come to be known as cancel culture, a term which has been gaini...

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Main Author: Yew, Ming Jie
Other Authors: Christopher Holman
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spelling sg-ntu-dr.10356-1500622023-03-05T15:46:07Z Trial by Internet : a millian analysis of cancel culture Yew, Ming Jie Christopher Holman School of Social Sciences CHolman@ntu.edu.sg Social sciences::Political science::Political theory Singapore’s 2020 General Elections saw a new candidate from the incumbent party withdraw, after allegations against his character surfaced on social media. This act of boycotting or deplatforming notable figures through social media has come to be known as cancel culture, a term which has been gaining traction in recent years. Considering the main arguments for and against this phenomenon, this paper seeks to develop a framework through John Stuart Mill’s On Liberty, analysing his grounds for the freedom of opinion and of the expression of opinion against his liberty principle. Using this framework to examine selected instances of cancel culture in Singapore, this paper establishes that while public conversations are necessary to address social issues, there should also be limits to such discussions to ensure that vulnerable communities are not further disadvantaged. Bachelor of Arts in Public Policy and Global Affairs 2021-06-11T08:03:57Z 2021-06-11T08:03:57Z 2021 Final Year Project (FYP) Yew, M. J. (2021). Trial by Internet : a millian analysis of cancel culture. Final Year Project (FYP), Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. https://hdl.handle.net/10356/150062 https://hdl.handle.net/10356/150062 en application/pdf Nanyang Technological University
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Trial by Internet : a millian analysis of cancel culture
description Singapore’s 2020 General Elections saw a new candidate from the incumbent party withdraw, after allegations against his character surfaced on social media. This act of boycotting or deplatforming notable figures through social media has come to be known as cancel culture, a term which has been gaining traction in recent years. Considering the main arguments for and against this phenomenon, this paper seeks to develop a framework through John Stuart Mill’s On Liberty, analysing his grounds for the freedom of opinion and of the expression of opinion against his liberty principle. Using this framework to examine selected instances of cancel culture in Singapore, this paper establishes that while public conversations are necessary to address social issues, there should also be limits to such discussions to ensure that vulnerable communities are not further disadvantaged.
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