Word: hatefulness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...suggested that a hate-motivated murder should receive a more severe penalty than a random murder because such a crime could count as threatening members of a certain minority group...
Panelist Emily N. Tabak '00, a government concentrator whose thesis is on hate crimes, said such acts are worse than other crimes not because of the moral abhorrence of their motivations, but because of their moral effects on society...
Professor of Education and Social Policy Gary A. Orfield said America has regressed since the civil rights era of the 1960s, adding that subtler forms of hate need to be addressed...
Asani pointed out the religious facet of hate crimes, saying that following the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing of a federal building, Muslims in America were frequently the targets of hate crimes. Following the bombing incident, many unfairly assumed that the perpetrator was Islamic or Arabic, Asani said...
Sandel said that he thought Nozick's proposed solution--using heavier punishments for hate crimes because they are also intended to threaten--was "elegant." He also suggested that the idea that laws should not be used to pass moral judgement might need a re-evaluation...