Political Correctness: the Twofold Protection of Liberalism.
As understood today, political correctness aims at preventing social discrimination by curtailing offensive speech and behaviour towards underprivileged groups of individuals. The core proponents of political correctness often draw on post-modernism and critical theory and are notorious for their sc...
| Publicado en: | Philosophia Vol. 48; no. 1; pp. 95 - 115 |
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