Global Freedom of Speech
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20205946 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Lars Binderup (0000-0003-0939-9401, University of Southern Denmark, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2007 |
| Volume | 11 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 403-418 |
| Publication date | 2007-10-05 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Trames Journal of the Humanities and Social Sciences (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1406-0922 • E-ISSN: 1736-7514 |
| Publisher | Estonian Academy Publishers (PUBLISHER • EE) |
| DOI | 10.3176/tr.2007.4.05 |
| OpenAlex | W2152751881 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 5 |
It has been suggested that the multicultural nature of modern liberal states (in particular the formation of immigration minorities from other cultures due to the process of globalisation) provides reasons -from a liberal egalitarian perspective -for recognising a civic or democratic norm, as opposed to a legal norm, that curbs exercises of the right to free speech that offend the feelings or beliefs of members from other cultural groups. The paper rejects the suggestion that acceptance of such a norm is in line with liberal egalitarian thinking. Following a review of the classical liberal egalitarian reasons for free speech -reasons from overall welfare, from autonomy and from respect for the equality of citizens -it is argued that these reasons outweigh the proposed reasons for curbing culturally offensive speech. Currently controversial cases such as that of the Danish Cartoon Controversy are used as illustrations
Autonomy · Citizenship · Democracy · Economics · Globalization · Law and economics · Liberal democracy · Multiculturalism · Offensive · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Comparative and World Literature · Law · Political theory and Gramsci · Religious Education and Schools
| Citations per year | 0.18 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2009 - 2018 (10) |
| Highly cited | No |