The mirage of a “paradox” of dehumanization: How to affirm the reality of dehumanization

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This paper argues that the so-called ‘paradox’ of dehumanization is a mirage arising from misplaced abstraction. The alleged ‘paradox’ is taken as a challenge that arises from a skeptical stance. After reviewing the history of that skeptical stance, it is reconstructed as an argument with two premises. With the help of an epistemologically structured but pluralistic frame it is then shown how the two premises of the Skeptic's argument can both be debunked. As part of that it emerges that there are a couple of ways how dehumanization can be realized, and one such realization can be sufficient for affirming the reality of dehumanization for a specific case.

Original languageEnglish
JournalJournal of Social Philosophy
DOIs
StatePublished - 7 Jul 2024

Keywords

  • dehumanization
  • explanation
  • paradox
  • reality
  • social wrongdoing

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