Problem
Irresponsible expression of emotions equated with free speech
Other Names:
Decline of discourseErosion of social dialogue
Collapse of systems for verbal exchange
Claim:
In recent decades a change has come over the rules of discourse whereby the marshalling of logic and evidence has lost its prestige. In its place right feeling and good intentions have come to reign as the highest intellectual values and the persuasive earnests of high seriousness. This it was first asserted by a few, and then accepted by many, that the capacity to reason on a subject was less valuable than the bringing to bear of one's political convictions, one's gender experience, or one's social status. The rules of proof, reason and logic are suspended in certain privileged forms of discourse with socio-political implications.
Broader Problems:
Loss of civilityVerbal incontinenceIneffective dialogueGlorified emotionalityExclusion of opposing viewsUndemocratic social systems Narrower Problems:
Destructive verbal conflictPolitically emotive words and termsFlawed opposition arising from personal biasAccusing channels for dialogue of being restrictive Related Problems:
EmotionalismBad-mannered childrenBlocked minority opinionInadequate political networksStructural failure of citizen participation Aggravates:
Verbal uglinessVerbal embarrassmentDevaluation of discourseFailure to distinguish between opinion and fact Strategies:
Setting electronic communication standardsCommunicating emotionRevitalizing discourseErosion of social dialogue Problem Type:
F: Fuzzy exceptional problems Subject(s):
Society → SocialSocial Activity → Debate
Communication → Communication
Communication → Exchanges
Communication → Censorship
Societal Problems → Irresponsibility
→ Systems
Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
Date of last update
11.12.2017 – 13:01 CET