Why philosophers should worry about cancel culture

Over the past few years I have been surprised and disappointed by the number of my colleagues in philosophy who have been willing to jump on various online bandwagons, attempting to punish or intimidate members of the profession for speaking their minds on different subjects. At the risk of sounding a bit supercilious, I must admit to finding this sort of behaviour particularly surprising coming f

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Three practices that are used in the philosophers' community but particularly vulnerable to cancel culture outside the community: affective neutrality (discussing provocative arguments w/o emotions), reconstructing argument one opposes to, and stipulative definitions