Communication and Collective Goods - Jeremy Waldron: The Harm in Hate Speech
Document Type
Lecture
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Lecture Date
1-5-2022
Abstract
We begin the term with the second new work for First-Year Studies. This is a book that provides a philosophical and legal framework for understanding the contemporary question of hate speech. One of the goals of a liberal arts education is to gain facility entering into close written argumentation about contemporary issues, and this work is a model of argument building. It also marks a turn in our approach to thinking about community. In this book, we examine a direct threat to any ideal community, and consider how words sometimes act more like bricks than as reasoned statements. (Adopted Winter 2022)
Department
Philosophy
Recommended Citation
Phelan, Mark, "Communication and Collective Goods - Jeremy Waldron: The Harm in Hate Speech" (2022). First-Year Studies Lectures. 17.
https://lux.lawrence.edu/frst_lectures/17