Academic Boycotts

In: The journal of political philosophy, Band 19, Heft 4, S. 465-485

Abstract

An academic boycott consists in the systematic withholding of normal professional relations from academics as a means to achieving some goal, typically either punishment or the bringing about some change in behavior or policy. Our purpose in this paper is to assess the moral permissibility of academic boycotts. Our conclusion will be that there is a strong presumption against such boycotts. However, this presumption is ultimately defeasible, and we shall provide an explicit discussion of its defeasibility conditions. Adapted from the source document.