Free Speech: All That Matters

What is free speech?; Why does it matter? These are pressing questions. In this book, Alan Haworth outlines and analyses the main arguments philosophers have advanced over the centuries, in an attempt to answer them clearly. He emphasises the strengths but also the weaknesses of those arguments, demonstrating that an understanding of both is essential if one is to to grasp the true nature and value of free speech. The contemporary debate over free speech tends to be clouded by rhetoric. Against that, Haworth stands back and takes a cool look at the issues. This book comes down on the side of clarity. It is an essential primer on an important topic.

Product details

• Authors: Alan Haworth, Haworth Alan
• Publisher: John Murray
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 27.08.2015
• EAN: 9781473602816
• ISBN: 978-1-4736-0281-6
• No. of pages: 160
• Dimensions: 132 mm x 178 mm x 12 mm
• Series: All That Matters; All That Matters
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Human Rights, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Civil Rights, Human rights, civil rights, Entertainment & media law, Freedom Of Information & Freedom Of Speech, Entertainment and media law