The harm in hate speech /
Every liberal democracy has laws or codes against hate speech except the United States. For constitutionalists, regulation of hate speech violates the First Amendment and damages a free society. Against this absolutist view, Jeremy Waldron argues powerfully that hate speech should be regulated as pa...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge, Mass. :
Harvard University Press,
c2012
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| Series: | Oliver Wendell Holmes Lectures ;
2009 |
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| Summary: | Every liberal democracy has laws or codes against hate speech except the United States. For constitutionalists, regulation of hate speech violates the First Amendment and damages a free society. Against this absolutist view, Jeremy Waldron argues powerfully that hate speech should be regulated as part of our commitment to human dignity and to inclusion and respect for members of vulnerable minorities |
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| Physical Description: | vi, 292 p. : ill. ; 21 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [235]-278) and index |
| ISBN: | 9780674065895 0674065891 |