Hate Speech and Democratic Citizenship

by Eric Heinze

Book Overview

Most modern democracies punish hate speech. Less freedom for some, they claim, guarantees greater freedom for others. Heinze rejects that approach, arguing that democracies have better ways of combatting violence and discrimination against vulnerable groups without having to censor speakers. Critiquing dominant free speech theories, Heinze explains that free expression must be safeguarded not just as an individual right, but as an essential attribute...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198816413
• ISBN13: 9780198816416
• Release Date: December 2017
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 250 Pages
• Weight: 0.92 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.1"