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Comments on the criteria of an ethical evaluation of utterances and statements

Summary/Abstract: Unethical utterances and statements should be evaluated based on several criteria. The most important include: the type of the linguistic device, the method of its application, and the effect. What should be taken into consideration next is the circumstances in which the utterance or statement occurred: who the sender was, what his/her position was, to whom and when he/she spoke, what the text genre was, and in what situation it was formulated. It is lies as well as humiliating and exclusive utterances and statements that can be considered most dangerous. They can be defined as verbal abuse. Insults inflict slightly less damage but can be humiliating and exclusive in certain circumstances, too. The same words in different situations can cause more or less damage. Therefore, any unethical utterance or statement needs to be analysed separately and with all circumstances taken into account.

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