Freedom of Speech - Words are not Deeds

List of contents

Acknowledgements
Introduction
Bayle and the Origins of the Doctrine
State Intervention
Bertrand Russell
Loyalty Oaths
Hate Literature and Related Problems: The Canadian Experience
The Curriculum, Deconstructionism, and Freedom of Speech
Political Correctness
Sensitivity Rules and Regulations
Group Libel Again
Individuals and Communities
Conclusion
Index

About the author

HARRY M. BRACKEN is affiliated with the University of Groningen in the Netherlands. He has taught philosophy at the Universities of Iowa, Minnesota, and California (San Diego), and at Arizona State University and McGill University. He is the author of The Early Reception of Berkeley's Immaterialism, Berkeley, and Mind and Language: Essays on Descartes and Chomsky.

Product details

• Authors: Harry Bracken, Bracken Harry M.
• Publisher: Bloomsbury
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 7 to 17
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 23.02.1994
• EAN: 9780275947194
• ISBN: 978-0-275-94719-4
• No. of pages: 176
• Weight: 397 g
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > Civil law, civil procedural law; USA, Philosophy of Language, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Human Rights, PHILOSOPHY / Language, POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / Executive Branch, POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / Legislative Branch, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Civil Rights, United States of America, USA, Human rights, civil rights, Constitution: government & the state, Freedom Of Information & Freedom Of Speech, Constitution: government and the state, Politics, Law, and Government: Law