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.
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