Slurs and Freedom of Speech.
A very common argument against restrictions on hate speech says that since such restrictions curtail freedom of speech, they cause more harm than they prevent. A no less common reply has it that the harms caused by hate speech are sufficiently great to justify legal restrictions on free speech. In '...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Applied Philosophy Vol. 40; no. 5; pp. 836 - 849 |
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Wiley-Blackwell
Nov2023
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