12.06.2025

Refigured ethics. Moral negotiations in dealing with images of violence

New blog article by Ekkehard Coenen

The way we deal with images of violence is changing. What was once considered taboo is now often just a click away in the digital world. Videos of violence circulate on social networks, photos from war zones are shared millions of times and while some see them as necessary documents of reality, others consume them with voyeuristic fascination. But what does this change in behaviour mean for our ethical standards?

To the article: https://uni-tuebingen.de/de/282723