ISBN:
9789048189991
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (228 pages)
Series Statement:
AMINTAPHIL: the Philosophical Foundations of Law and Justice Ser. v.3
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DDC:
323.443
Keywords:
Freedom of expression
Abstract:
This volume examines three questions: Why do we value freedom of speech and expression? How does freedom balance multicultural sensitivity, minority rights and prevention of violence? Can traditional defenses of freedom of speech translate to other cultures?.
Abstract:
Intro -- Freedom of Expressionin a Diverse World -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Contributors -- Table of Cases -- Introduction -- Part I: Why Free Speech? -- Free Speech and the Social Technologies of Democracy, Scientific Inquiry and the Free Market -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Social Technologies -- 3 Common Characteristics of Democracy, Scientific Inquiry, and the Free Market -- 4 Unpredictability and Trust -- 5 The Social Costs of the Three Practices -- 6 The Effect of the Worldwide Spread of the Three Practices on the United States -- 7 A Personal Postscript -- Hate Speech in the Marketplace of Ideas* -- The "Marketplace of Ideas:" A Siren Song for Freedom of Speech Theorists -- 1 Introduction to the Issues -- 2 The Analogical Argument -- 3 Anti-Competitive Forces and Agents in the Marketplace of Commodities -- 3.1 False Consciousness Due to Extraordinary Events of Low Probability -- 3.2 Objectively Superior Commodities that Lose to Objectively Inferior Competitors -- 3.3 Predatory Takeovers and Suppressions -- 3.4 Anti-Social Anti-Competitiveness -- 3.5 The Anti-Competitive Initiatives of "Big Pharma" -- 3.6 The Utter Failures of "Market Discipline" -- 4 The Incoherence of the Very Concept of a Marketplace of Ideas -- 4.1 At the Core of the Metaphor: The Fallacy of Equivocation -- 4.2 Do Ideas "Compete" in a Marketplace? -- 5 Conclusions -- A Kantian Conception of Free Speech* -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Virtuous Versus Rightful Private Speech -- 3 Public Regulation of Speech -- 4 Conclusion -- Free Speech, Equal Opportunity, and Justice* -- 1 Freedom of Speech: Some Issues -- 2 The Values Served by Freedom of Speech -- 3 Grounds of the Moral Right to Freedom of Speech -- 4 Threats to Freedom of Speech and the Role of the State as a Guardian of Free Speech -- 5 A Concluding Observation about the Role of the State.
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