Billingham, PaulParr, Tom2021-12-012020Billingham P, Parr T. Enforcing social norms: the morality of public shaming. European Journal of Philosophy. 2020 Dec;28(4):997-1016. DOI: 10.1111/ejop.125430966-8373http://hdl.handle.net/10230/49122Public shaming plays an important role in upholding valuable social norms. But, under what conditions, if any, is it morally justifiable? Our aim in this paper is systemically to investigate the morality of public shaming, so as to provide an answer to this neglected question. We develop an overarching framework for assessing the justifiability of this practice, which shows that, while shaming can sometimes be morally justifiable, it very often is not. In turn, our framework highlights several reasons to be concerned about the increasingly widespread phenomenon of online public shaming.application/pdfengThis is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Billingham P, Parr T. Enforcing social norms: the morality of public shaming. European Journal of Philosophy. 2020 Dec;28(4):997-1016. DOI: 10.1111/ejop.12543, which has been published in final form at http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ejop.12543. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Use of Self-Archived Versions.Normes socialsVergonya -- Aspectes ètics i moralsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/articlehttp://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ejop.12543info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess