Free Speech and Human Dignity

Name: Free Speech and Human Dignity
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ISBN: 9780300114867

ISBN-10: 0300114869

ISBN-13: 9780300114867

Edition: 2008

Authors: Steven J. Heyman

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Debates over hate speech, pornography, and other sorts of controversial speech raise issues that go to the core of the First Amendment. Supporters of regulation argue that these forms of expression cause serious injury to individuals and groups, assaulting their dignity as human beings and citizens. Civil libertarians respond that our commitment to free speech is measured by our willingness to protect it, even when it causes harm or offends our deepest values. nbsp; In this important book, Steven J. Heyman presents a theory of the First Amendment that seeks to overcome the conflict between free speech and human dignity. This liberal humanist theory recognizes a strong right to freedom of…

Book details

List price: $64.00
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Yale University Press
Publication date: 5/20/2008
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 320
Size: 0.63" wide x 0.95" long x 0.10" tall
Weight: 1.298
Language: English



List of Tables


Acknowledgments


Introduction



History



Free Speech and the Natural Rights Tradition



The Transformation of Free Speech Jurisprudence



A Rights-Based Theory of the First Amendment



The Basic Approach



Free Speech in a Framework of Rights



Conflicts of Rights



Content Neutrality and the First Amendment



Contemporary Controversies



Subversive Speech



Speech and Violence



Speech and Privacy



Hate Speech



Pornography


Conclusion



An Overview of Free Speech and Other Rights


Notes


Index