密尔“自由原则”视域下“网络暴力”探论

On“Internet Violence”From the Perspective of Mill’s“Freedom Principle”

“网络暴力”是社会公众借助网络,对某一或某些个体行为施加的较大规模的不当干涉。防治“网络暴力”的关键,在于令参与其中的社会公众认识到自身行为的不可欲性。密尔在《论自由》一书中充分阐述了“自由原则”理论,明确了社会公众所能对个人行使权力的限度:只要个体的行为没有对他人产生“伤害”,即便有人认为这种行为是对其的一种“冒犯”,也无权干涉个体行为的自由。这为我们解读“网络暴力”事件提供了理论视域和方法借鉴。

“Internet violence”is a large-scale improper intervention by the public on one or some individual behaviors with the help of the Internet.The key to prevent and control“internet violence”is to make the public aware of the inevitability of their own behavior.In his book On Freedom,Mill fully expounds the theory of“principle of freedom”and clarifies the limits of the public’s power over individuals:As long as the individual’s behavior does not cause“harm”to others,even if some people think it is an“offense”to them,they have no right to interfere in the freedom of individual behavior.This provides a theoretical perspective and method for us to interpret network violence incidents.