Speak freely : why universities must defend free speech /

"Free speech is under attack at colleges and universities today, with critics on and off campus challenging the value of open inquiry and freewheeling intellectual debate. Too often speakers are shouted down, professors are threatened, and classes are disrupted. In [this book] Keith Whittington...

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Main Author: Whittington, Keith E.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Princeton ; Oxford : Princeton University Press, 2018
Series:New forum books
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Table of Contents:
  • The mission of a university
  • The tradition of free speech
  • Free speech on campus. Trigger warnings and safe spaces ; Hate speech ; Forms of protest ; Student groups and outside speakers ; Faculty and academic freedom
  • Ideological ostracism and viewpoint diversity on campus