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Speech and harm

Speech and harm controversies over free speech / [electronic resource] : edited by Ishani Maitra and Mary Kate McGowan. - Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2012. - 1 online resource (xviii, 255 p.)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Most liberal societies are committed to free speech, but there is evidence that some kinds of speech can be harmful in ways that are detrimental to important liberal values, such as social inequality. This volume draws on a range of approaches to explore the problem and determine what should be done about allegedly harmful speech.

9780191741357 (ebook) : No price


Freedom of speech--Social aspects.

JC591 / .S6 2012

323.443