Freedom of Speech
Words are not Deeds
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23558666 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Harry M Bracken |
| Year | 1994 |
| Publication date | 1994-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | BOOK |
| Venue | Freedom of Speech (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Greenwood Publishing Group, Inc. (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.5040/9798216188407 |
| OpenAlex | W4392999490 |
| ISBN | 9798216188407 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
This work provides a philosophical framework within which the free speech clause of the Constitution's First Amendment may be understood. While much has been written on the First Amendment, this work is unique in offering an historically based thesis illuminating a point virtually ignored in the literature--the absolutist quality of the free speech clause and the philosophical dualism (words/deeds) on which it is based. Given the increasingly powerful forces favoring group rights in order to generate laws which would silence offensive speech, this book provides a radical challenge to the frameworks within which many such contemporary arguments are cast. It also reminds putative censors of the very special role free speech plays in any democratic community which aims to be self-governing.
Aesthetics · Constitution · Democracy · Dualism · Epistemology · First amendment · Free speech · Offensive · Political science · Politics · Quality (philosophy) · Silence · Sociology · Supreme court · Engineering · Freedom of Expression and Defamation · Hate Speech and Cyberbullying Detection · Law · Law, Rights, and Freedoms · Philosophy
| Unique citing works | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,03 |
| Citation span | 1997 - 1997 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |