Cost of free speech, the: pornography, hate speech, and their challenge to liberalism
Auteur :
Levin, A.
Éditeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN :
9781349315062
Date de publication :
29 sept. 2010
Dimensions :
21,6 x 14,0 cm
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
The distinctly contemporary proliferation of pornography and hate speech poses a challenge to liberalism's traditional ideal of a 'marketplace of ideas' facilitated by state neutrality about the content of speech. This new study argues that the liberal state ought to depart from neutrality to meet this challenge.