Speech and harm [electronic resource] : controversies over free speech / edited by Ishani Maitra and Mary Kate McGowan.

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TextPublication details: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2012.Description: 1 online resource (xviii, 255 p.)ISBN:

9780191741357 (ebook) :

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Freedom of speech -- Social aspects

Additional physical formats: Print version: No titleDDC classification:

323.443 23

LOC classification:

JC591 .S6 2012

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Oxford scholarship online

Summary: 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.

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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.

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