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Free Speech and the State - An Unprincipled Approach (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2017)
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Free Speech and the State - An Unprincipled Approach (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2017)
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This book addresses the question: "What should be the appropriate
limits to free speech?" The author claims that it is the state,
rather than abstract principles, that must provide the answer. The
book defends a version of Hobbesian absolutism and rejects the
dominant liberal idea that there is a right (human or civil)
setting the boundaries of free speech. This liberal view can be
known as the "principled defence of free speech", in which speech
is established as a constitutional principle that has priority over
the state. The author instead offers an "unprincipled approach to
free speech", suggesting that the boundaries of speech must
necessarily be set by the state, which in liberal democracies means
through social and political contestation. The final chapter
applies the argument to the topic of hate speech and argues that it
is appropriate to limit such speech when it causes harm and
offense. The book will be of use to students and scholars across
political theory, political science, sociology, philosophy and law.
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