The hateful and the obscene : studies in the limits of free expression / L.W. Sumner.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sumner, L. W.

Series:

Toronto studies in philosophy

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Freedom of speech--Canada.

Freedom of speech.

Hate speech--Canada.

Hate speech.

Pornography--Law and legislation--Canada.

Pornography.

Pornography--Law and legislation.

Canada.

Physical Description:

xi, 275 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2004]

Contents:

1 A Theory of Free Expression? 3

1.1 An Anatomy of Rights 4

1.2 Concepts and Issues 9

1.3 Things to Come 15

2 Mill's Framework 18

2.1 The Harm Principle 20

2.2 Liberty of Thought and Discussion 24

2.3 The Lessons of Mill's Framework 30

2.4 Excluded Harms 35

3 The Balancing Act 52

3.1 When Rights Collide 53

3.2 Hate Promotion on Trial 57

3.3 Land of the Free 70

4 The Myth of Community Standards 88

4.1 The Evolution of an Idea 88

4.2 Which Community? Whose Standards? 101

4.3 The Tyranny of the Community 120

5 In Harm's Way? 126

5.1 Pornography and Sexual Violence 127

5.2 Pornography and Inequality 141

5.3 Defaming, Degrading, Subordinating, Silencing 146

5.4 Pornography and Children 155

5.5 Hate Speech and Hate Crimes 158

6 From Principle to Policy 165

6.1 Restraint by Other Means 166

6.2 What Matters 179

6.3 An Immodest Proposal 185.

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references: pages [251]-264.

ISBN:

0802080839

0802042392

OCLC:

54416035