Citation

Brax D, Munthe C. J. Interpers. Violence 2015; 30(10): 1687-1695.

Affiliation

Department of Philosophy, Linguistics and Theory of Science, University of Gothenburg, Sweden and Centre for Ethics, Law and Mental Health (CELAM).

Copyright

(Copyright © 2015, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/0886260514555374

PMID

25355863

Abstract

In this introduction to the special symposium on the philosophy of hate crime, we provide an overview of the main philosophical aspects of hate crime and hate crime legislation. We point out that there are two overarching philosophical issues that span over the literature: the Conceptual Question-concerning what hate crime is-and the Normative Question-concerning the status of hate crimes and the justification of hate crime legislation. We also provide brief summaries of the articles in the special section and point to their relations to the broader themes.

Language: en