Free speech : a very short introduction / Nigel Warburton.
Series: Very short introductions ; 200.Publication details: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2009. Description: 115 p. : ill. ; 18 cmISBN:- 9780199232352 (pbk.)
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Preface --
List of illustrations --
1: Free speech --
2: Free market in Ideas? --
3: Giving and taking offence --
4: Censoring pornography --
5: Free speech in the age of the internet --
Conclusion: Future of free speech --
Free speech: some key dates --
References --
Further reading --
Index.
How important is free speech? Should it be defended at any cost? Or should we set limits on what can and cannot be said? This Very Short Introduction offers a lively and thought-provoking guide to these questions, exploring both the traditional philosophical arguments as well as the practical issues and controversies facing society today.
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