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UNINA9910826438103321 |
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Titolo |
Having your say : threats to free speech in the 21st century / / edited by J. R. Shackleton ; with contributions from Philip Booth [and nine others] |
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London : , : The Institute of Economic Affairs in association London Publishing Partnership, , 2021 |
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0-255-36802-X |
0-255-36801-1 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (287 pages) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Freedom of speech - History |
Informational works. |
History |
Documents d'information |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Intro -- _Hlk46234874 -- 9 -- _Hlk47354399 -- _Hlk45737226 -- OLE_LINK12 -- _Hlk45737511 -- OLE_LINK21 -- _Hlk47356817 -- _Hlk47357036 -- _Hlk43367553 -- _Hlk47351127 -- About the authors -- Summary -- 1 Introduction -- J. R. Shackleton -- New types of speech restrictions -- This book -- 2 A history of laws on hate and abuse -- Jacob Mchangama -- Suppression of abolitionist writings in the US -- British colonialism -- Apartheid South Africa -- The United Nations, human rights and hate speech -- The continuing importance of free speech in protecting minorities -- 3 Tolerating extreme speech -- Nick Cowen -- Classical liberal free speech doctrine -- Is extremism exceptional? -- Everyday extremism -- A taste for violence -- Alternatives to restrictions on speech content -- Conclusion -- 4 Legislation on online harms will damage free speech -- Victoria Hewson -- Legal but harmful -- Disinformation and fake news -- Rowing back from safe harbours -- Free speech needs free enterprise -- A fool's errand? -- 5 Liberty: beyond left or right? -- Claire Fox -- Free speech and the COVID-19 crisis -- The racism crisis and the threats to free thought and expression -- Beyond left and right: a new |
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movement? -- 6 Having a laugh? Free speech in comedy -- Leo Kearse -- A brief history of censorship in comedy -- Modern censorship -- My own experience -- In defence of censors -- The impact of censorship -- 7 Why free speech in advertising matters -- J. R. Shackleton -- 'Good' and 'bad' advertising? -- Advertising regulation in the UK -- Advertising and the curtailment of free speech -- Conclusions -- 8 Attacks on freedom to speak and to pray -- Philip Booth -- Introduction -- Restrictions on freedom of speech, conscience, prayer and thought -- We know where you live: free speech and police visits -- A close-run thing: Lee v. McArthur and Ashers. |
Free speech and institutional culture -- Conclusion -- 9 The threat to freedom of speech in universities is a symptom of a wider problem -- Stephen Davies -- Freedom of thought -- Limitations on speech -- The historical basis of university freedoms -- Challenges to free speech in universities -- This is part of a wider problem -- 10 Free speech: the freedom that trade unions forgot -- Dennis Hayes -- Disorganised unions -- The therapeutic turn -- Trading off free speech for safety -- Free speech and the Prevent duty -- Speak up only to whistleblow -- The suppression of speech -- UCU in the therapeutic university -- Forward with the Free Speech Union? -- Postscript: #Je ne suis pas Samuel -- 11 Offence, hypocrisy, and the function of democracy -- David S. Oderberg -- Introduction -- Offence, insult, and harm: conceptual considerations -- Waldron on 'hate speech' -- The deliberation argument for free speech in a pluralist democracy -- Freedom of speech as prior to freedom from offence -- Conclusion -- References -- About the IEA -- Blank Page. |
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