Episode 187: The Limits of Free Speech (Part One)
The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast
Mark Linsenmayer
4.6 • 2.3K Ratings
🗓️ 29 March 2018
⏱️ 58 minutes
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Summary
A free-form discussion drawing on Stanley Fish's "There's No Such Thing as Free Speech, and It's a Good Thing, Too" (1994), Joel Feinberg's "Limits to the Free Expression of Opinion" (1975), and other sources.
What are the legitimate limits on free speech? Feinberg delves into the harm and offense principles. Fish argues that every claim to free speech has ideological assumptions actually favoring some types of speech baked into it. A lively back and forth ensues!
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| 0:32.4 | Our question for episode 187 is, |
| 0:35.5 | what are the appropriate limits for free expression? |
| 0:38.5 | And we read the Stanford Encyclopedia article |
| 0:40.5 | on Freedom of Speech by David Van Mill, |
| 0:42.5 | Stanley Fish's article, |
| 0:43.8 | there's no such thing as free speech, |
| 0:45.4 | and it's a good thing too, from 1994, |
| 0:47.7 | and Joe Feinberg's article, |
| 0:49.2 | limits to the free expression of opinion from 1975. |
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