Freedom of Speech
eBook - PDF

Freedom of Speech

Words are not Deeds

  1. 176 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Freedom of Speech

Words are not Deeds

About this book

This work provides a philosophical framework within which the free speech clause of the Constitution's First Amendment may be understood. While much has been written on the First Amendment, this work is unique in offering an historically based thesis illuminating a point virtually ignored in the literature--the absolutist quality of the free speech clause and the philosophical dualism (words/deeds) on which it is based. Given the increasingly powerful forces favoring group rights in order to generate laws which would silence offensive speech, this book provides a radical challenge to the frameworks within which many such contemporary arguments are cast. It also reminds putative censors of the very special role free speech plays in any democratic community which aims to be self-governing.

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Information

Publisher
Praeger
Year
1994
Print ISBN
9780275947194
eBook ISBN
9780313021220
Edition
1
Topic
Law
Subtopic
Public Law
Index
Law

Table of contents

  1. Contents
  2. Acknowledgments
  3. Introduction
  4. 1 Bayle and the Origins of the Doctrine
  5. 2 State Intervention
  6. 3 Bertrand Russell
  7. 4 Loyalty Oaths
  8. 5 Hate Literature and Related Problems: The Canadian Experience
  9. 6 The Curriculum, Deconstructionism, and Freedom of Speech
  10. 7 Political Correctness
  11. 8 Sensitivity Rules and Regulations
  12. 9 Group Libel Again
  13. 10 Individuals and Communities
  14. 11 Conclusion
  15. Selected Bibliography
  16. Index