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Setting Fire to Reason : The Ethics of Free Speech.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Howard, Jeffrey W.
- Language:
- English
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (345 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2026.
- Summary:
- The responsibilities of speakers and platforms in a world where content can go viral The debate over free speech is often marked by two extremes: in one corner, those who think that the right to free speech is nearly absolute; in the other, those who defend sweeping prohibitions on harmful speech.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Contents
- 1. Foundations
- The Book's Aim
- What Is Free Speech?
- What Justifies Free Speech?
- Methodology
- Overview of Chapters
- 2. The Ethics of Incitement
- Speech and Harm
- The Concept of Incitement
- The Wrongness of Incitement
- Brandenburg and the Ethics of Incitement
- Incitement's Cousins
- Conclusion
- 3. The Right to Incite
- Incitement and Self-Authorship
- Incitement and Moral Agency
- Incitement and Democracy
- Incitement and Independent Judgment
- Incitement and Mutual Understanding
- Speech as Expression vs. Conduct
- 4. The Ethics of Online Content Moderation
- Platforms' Defensive Duties
- Duties Not to Host Wrongdoing
- Amplification Duties
- Demotion and Borderline Speech
- Artificial Intelligence and Content Moderation
- Platforms, Public Forums, and Free Speech Duties
- 5. Speech Duties and Liability to Regulation
- Liability, Duty, and Speech
- Narrow Proportionality
- From Moral to Legal Liability
- Political Philosophy and Human Rights Law
- 6. Necessity and Counter-Speech
- Unpacking and Applying Necessity
- Necessity and Reasonable Costs
- Necessity and Effectiveness
- False Dichotomies
- Incitement in the Just Society
- 7. Collateral Censorship
- The Ethics of Collateral Harm
- Collateral Damage: Educative Benefits
- Collateral Damage: Chilling Effects
- Collateral Damage: Political Misuse and Abuse
- Collateral Damage: Inhibiting Justified Resistance
- 8. Conclusion
- The Framework
- Speakers
- Platforms
- Citizens
- Tasks Without End
- Acknowledgments
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-691-26046-X
- 9780691260464
- OCLC:
- 1586549657
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