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Free Speech and Why It Matters
Taschenbuch von Andrew Doyle
Sprache: Englisch

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'A fantastically timely book written by one of the smartest thinkers in Britain' Piers Morgan

Free speech is the bedrock of all our liberties, and yet in recent years it has come to be mistrusted. A new form of social justice activism, which perceives language as potentially violent, has prompted a national debate on where the limitations of acceptable speech should be drawn. Governments throughout Europe have enacted 'hate speech' legislation to curb the dissemination of objectionable ideas, Silicon Valley tech giants are collaborating to ensure that they control the limitations of public discourse, and campaigners in the US are calling for revisions to the First Amendment.

However well-intentioned, these trends represent a threat to the freedoms that our ancestors fought and died to secure. In this incisive and fascinating book, Andrew Doyle addresses head-on the most common concerns of free speech sceptics, and offers a timely and robust defence of this most foundational of principles.

'[As] terse, restrained, and as carefully argued as a QC's summing-up in a top-drawer courtroom drama . . . a beautifully balanced and comprehensive overview' The Critic

'Powerful' Richard Dawkins

'A fantastically timely book written by one of the smartest thinkers in Britain' Piers Morgan

Free speech is the bedrock of all our liberties, and yet in recent years it has come to be mistrusted. A new form of social justice activism, which perceives language as potentially violent, has prompted a national debate on where the limitations of acceptable speech should be drawn. Governments throughout Europe have enacted 'hate speech' legislation to curb the dissemination of objectionable ideas, Silicon Valley tech giants are collaborating to ensure that they control the limitations of public discourse, and campaigners in the US are calling for revisions to the First Amendment.

However well-intentioned, these trends represent a threat to the freedoms that our ancestors fought and died to secure. In this incisive and fascinating book, Andrew Doyle addresses head-on the most common concerns of free speech sceptics, and offers a timely and robust defence of this most foundational of principles.

'[As] terse, restrained, and as carefully argued as a QC's summing-up in a top-drawer courtroom drama . . . a beautifully balanced and comprehensive overview' The Critic

'Powerful' Richard Dawkins

Über den Autor
Andrew Doyle
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2024
Genre: Politikwissenschaften
Rubrik: Wissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9780349135373
ISBN-10: 0349135371
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Doyle, Andrew
Hersteller: Little, Brown Book Group
Maße: 198 x 130 x 20 mm
Von/Mit: Andrew Doyle
Erscheinungsdatum: 09.01.2024
Gewicht: 0,129 kg
Artikel-ID: 121925112
Über den Autor
Andrew Doyle
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2024
Genre: Politikwissenschaften
Rubrik: Wissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9780349135373
ISBN-10: 0349135371
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Doyle, Andrew
Hersteller: Little, Brown Book Group
Maße: 198 x 130 x 20 mm
Von/Mit: Andrew Doyle
Erscheinungsdatum: 09.01.2024
Gewicht: 0,129 kg
Artikel-ID: 121925112
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