The Harm in Hate Speech /

The Harm in Hate Speech /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Waldron, Jeremy, author.
Imprint:	Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2012.
Description:	1 online resource (304 pages)
Language:	English
Series:	The Oliver Wendell Holmes Lectures, 2009 Oliver Wendell Holmes lectures.
Subject:	Hate speech -- United States. Freedom of speech -- Philosophy. Freedom of speech -- Philosophy. Hate speech. United States. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11180768

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ISBN:	9780674065086 0674065085 9780674065895 0674065891
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-278) and index.
Summary:	For constitutionalists, regulation of hate speech violates the First Amendment and damages a free society. Waldron rejects this view, and makes the case that hate speech should be regulated as part of a commitment to human dignity and to inclusion and respect for members of vulnerable minorities.
Other form:	Print version: Waldron, Jeremy. Harm in hate speech. Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2012 9780674065895

Table of Contents:

Approaching hate speech
Anthony Lewis's freedom for the thought that we hate
Why call hate speech group libel?
The appearance of hate
Protecting dignity or protection from offense?
C. Edwin Baker and the autonomy argument
Ronald Dworkin and the legitimacy argument
Toleration and calumny.