Freedom of Expression in a Diverse World

ISBN-13: 9789400732797 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 220 str.

Deirdre Golash

Opis

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?

Spis treści

Acknowledgements.- Contributors.- Introduction.- I: Why Free Speech?.- 1.- Free Speech and the Social Technologies of Democracy, Scientific Inquiry, and the Free Market; Richard Barron Parker.- 2. Hate Speech in the Marketplace of Ideas; Steven Lee.- 3. The “Marketplace of Ideas:” A Siren Song for Freedom of Speech Theorists; Jonathan Schonsheck.- 4. A Kantian Conception of Free Speech; Helga Varden.- 5. Free Speech, Equal Opportunity, and Justice; Alistair Macleod.- II: Proscribed speech: the limits of free expression.- 6. Is it Immoral to Prohibit Sexually Harassing Speech in the Classroom?; Thomas Peard.- 7. , The Morality of Using “Nigger”; Rodney Roberts.- 8. Incitement to Genocide and the Rwanda Media Case; Larry May.- 9. Hijabs and Headwraps: The Case for Tolerance; Anita Allen.- 10. “Conspicuous” Religious Symbols and the French Concept of Laïcité; C. T. Sistare.- III: Intersections with other rights.- 11. When Free Speech Meets Free Association: The Case of the Boy Scouts; Emily Gill.- 12. Oaths and the Pledge of Allegiance: Freedom of Expression and the Right to Be Silent; Kenneth Henley.- 13. Speaking Freely; Wade Robison.- 14. , Social Institutions, Transgendered Lives, and the Scope of Free Expression; Richard Nunan.- Bibliography.- Table of Cases.- Index.

Blurb

The debate over the foundations and boundaries of freedom of speech, once a matter of balancing the individual rights of unpopular speakers against broader social interests, took on a new shape in the 1980s when feminists began to advocate restrictions on pornography and critical race theorists to advocate restriction of certain kinds of hate speech. These challenges to traditional liberalism brought into sharp focus the issues of why we value free speech and how much weight it should be given against competing values. Difficult as it is to resolve these issues domestically, we now face new challenges arising from the increasingly rapid dissemination of information across international borders in an atmosphere of considerable political tension. The riots in response to the publication of Danish cartoons ridiculing Mohammed and the death threats against Salman Rushdie indicate how dramatically the stakes have been raised. At the same time, there is increased concern over discriminatory treatment of sexual minorities, Muslims, and immigrants. Against this background, the essays in this volume seek to illuminate why we value freedom of speech and expression and how this freedom can be weighed against other values, such as multicultural sensitivity, the rights of racial and sexual minorities, and the prevention of violence, both domestically and internationally.