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FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION AND THE ARGUMENT FROM SELF-DEFENCE

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 September 2022

Jimmy Alfonso Licon
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Abstract

Some philosophers hold that stifling free expression stifles intellectual life. Others reply that freedom of expression can harm members of marginalized groups by alienating them from social life or worse. Yet we should still favour freedom of expression, especially where marginalized groups are concerned. It's better to know who has repugnant beliefs as it allows marginalized groups to identify threats: free expression qua self-defence.

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Think , Volume 21 , Issue 62 , Autumn 2022 , pp. 23 - 31
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Copyright © The Author(s), 2022. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of The Royal Institute of Philosophy

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1 From Kamden K. Struck, ‘Free Speech for Some, Civility for Others’, Inside Higher Ed, 21 September 2018.