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The Cost of Free Speech : Pornography, Hate Speech, and their Challenge to Liberalism /

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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 neutr...

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Main Author: Levin, Abigail (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2010.
Subjects:
Philosophy.
Ethics.
Human rights.
Media Studies.
Political Philosophy.
Political Science.
Social Philosophy.
Communication.
Political science > Philosophy.
Political science.
Social sciences > Philosophy.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary: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.
Item Description:Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (IX, 213 pages)
ISBN:9780230293960
DOI:10.1057/9780230293960