All Outputs (9)

Google and Corporate Social Responsibility: YouTube in the Service of Terrorism (2022)
Journal Article
Cohen-Almagor, R. (2022). Google and Corporate Social Responsibility: YouTube in the Service of Terrorism. Perspectives on Terrorism, 16(5), 46-61

This article is concerned with the boundaries of freedom of expression on the Internet and, more specifically, with manifestations of terrorism on YouTube. The article opens with two definitions of terrorism. Section II discusses various responsibili... Read More about Google and Corporate Social Responsibility: YouTube in the Service of Terrorism.

Michael Walzer's Just War Theory and the 1982 Israel War in Lebanon: Theory and Application (2022)
Journal Article
Cohen-Almagor, R. (2022). Michael Walzer's Just War Theory and the 1982 Israel War in Lebanon: Theory and Application. Israel Studies, 27(3), 166-189. https://doi.org/10.2979/israelstudies.27.3.08

The article draws on Michael Walzer's just war theory to assess the conduct of the Lebanon War of 1982 (Operation Peace for Galilee) and argues that according to the underpinning principles of Walzer's theory, it was an unjust war. Sharon's war plans... Read More about Michael Walzer's Just War Theory and the 1982 Israel War in Lebanon: Theory and Application.

Just, Reasonable Multiculturalism? For Philosophia Symposium on Just, Reasonable Multiculturalism (CUP, 2021) (2022)
Journal Article
Cohen-Almagor, R. (2022). Just, Reasonable Multiculturalism? For Philosophia Symposium on Just, Reasonable Multiculturalism (CUP, 2021). Philosophia, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11406-022-00541-9

This article explains why I decided to write the book Just, Reasonable Multiculturalism (CUP, 2021), my appreciation of multiculturalism, and my puzzlement when I heard growing attacks on multiculturalism, describing it as one of the causes of extrem... Read More about Just, Reasonable Multiculturalism? For Philosophia Symposium on Just, Reasonable Multiculturalism (CUP, 2021).

Just, Reasonable Multiculturalism: Reply to Levey, Newman and Cohen (2022)
Journal Article
Cohen-Almagor, R. (2022). Just, Reasonable Multiculturalism: Reply to Levey, Newman and Cohen. Philosophia, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11406-022-00543-7

This is my reply to the symposium articles, written by Levey, Newman and Cohen. Any critique of Just, Reasonable Multiculturalism should consider the underpinning principles of the theory. I made it clear that the theory is restricted to democracies... Read More about Just, Reasonable Multiculturalism: Reply to Levey, Newman and Cohen.

Digital Promotion of Suicide: A Platform-Level Ethical Analysis (2022)
Journal Article
Cohen-Almagor, R., & Lehman-Wilzig, S. (2022). Digital Promotion of Suicide: A Platform-Level Ethical Analysis. Journal of Media Ethics, https://doi.org/10.1080/23736992.2022.2057994

This article utilizes Aristotelian and Kantian philosophies to probe the social responsibilities of internet intermediaries that in one way or another assist and promote suicide. Striking a balance between freedom of expression and social responsibil... Read More about Digital Promotion of Suicide: A Platform-Level Ethical Analysis.

Why Separate State and Religion? (2022)
Journal Article
Cohen-Almagor, R. (2022). Why Separate State and Religion?. Israel Studies, 27(2), 76-91. https://doi.org/10.2979/israelstudies.27.2.07

The article opens with a discussion of my premises in relation to the separation of state and religion. Section II elucidates the goal of creating a decent and just society in Israel. Section III explains the manner in which liberal democratic values... Read More about Why Separate State and Religion?.

Internet Crime Enabling: Stalking and Cyberstalking (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Cohen-Almagor, R., & Trottier, D. (2022, March). Internet Crime Enabling: Stalking and Cyberstalking. Presented at 2022 Future of Information and Communication Conference (FICC), San Francisco

Cyberstalking is practiced by Internet abusers to harass, victimize and to mock peers, teachers, co-workers, neighbors and others. While typically framed as an individual pursuit, we suggest that it can best be understood as a collective process, bot... Read More about Internet Crime Enabling: Stalking and Cyberstalking.

The Republic, Secularism and Security: France versus the Burqa and the Niqab (2022)
Book
Cohen-Almagor, R. (2022). The Republic, Secularism and Security: France versus the Burqa and the Niqab. (1). Champaign Illinois: Springer

This book analyses French cultural policies in the face of what the French government perceives as a challenge to its Republican secular raison d'être. It makes general arguments about France’s changing identity and specific arguments about the burqa... Read More about The Republic, Secularism and Security: France versus the Burqa and the Niqab.

Bullying, Cyberbullying, and Hate Speech (2022)
Journal Article
Cohen-Almagor, R. (2022). Bullying, Cyberbullying, and Hate Speech. International journal of technoethics, 13(1), 1-17. https://doi.org/10.4018/IJT.291552

The Internet's design and raison d'être are complete freedom, but complete freedom might lead to anarchy and to harmful and anti-social activities. In this paper I address the concepts of moral and social responsibility, applying them to the Internet... Read More about Bullying, Cyberbullying, and Hate Speech.