EAN: 9783319516349

FREE SPEECH AND THE STATE - DAVID VAN MILL GEBU...

This book addresses the question: What should be the appropriate limits to free speech? The
author claims that it is the state  rather than abstract principles  that must provide the
answer. The book defends a version of Hobbesian absolutism and rejects the dominant liberal
idea that there is a right (human or civil) setting the boundaries of free speech. This liberal
view can be known as the principled defence of free speech  in which speech is established as a
constitutional principle that has priority over the state. The author instead offers an
unprincipled approach to free speech  suggesting that the boundaries of speech must necessarily
be set by the state  which in liberal democracies means through social and political
contestation. The final chapter applies the argument to the topic of hate speech and argues
that it is appropriate to limit such speech when it causes harm and offense. The book will be
of use to students and scholars across political theory  political science  sociology 
philosophy and law.

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