Certain types of humor are thought inappropriate in some circumstances but accepted in others. A new theory seeks to explain what influences such views.
We know that some jokes, by certain people, or relating to particular topics, can be hurtful and insulting.
The view we developed to explain it is that potentially harmful jokes can be not only acceptable but morally desirable when they are reasonably interpreted as a special sort of playful speech designed to do something other than communicate facts. When jokes are interpreted this way, they are far less likely to cause the harm they might otherwise inflict.
When evaluating the joke we must consider several factors: harshness, vulnerability, timing, prevalence of stereotypes, and the quality of the joke. These combine to give a joke a certain moral price tag, a cost that looks at a whole range of factors, including the audience and the context. Certain jokes may be more allowable at the bar than at grandma’s Thanksgiving table.of the joker, their social position, their likely intentions, and their past actions.
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