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oapen-20.500.12657-640372023-07-21T02:45:26Z In Defense of Free Speech in Universities Lai, Amy free speech, freedom of expression, universities, academic freedom, Canada, the United States, America, the United Kingdom, deplatforming, safe space, trigger warning, microaggression, political correctness, concept creep, dog whistle, hate speech, discrimination bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JN Education bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JN Education::JNK Organization & management of education bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JP Politics & government::JPH Political structure & processes::JPHV Political structures: democracy bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JF Society & culture: general::JFM Ethical issues & debates::JFMD Ethical issues: censorship bic Book Industry Communication::L Law::LN Laws of Specific jurisdictions::LND Constitutional & administrative law In this book, Amy Lai examines the current free speech crisis in Western universities. She studies the origin, history, and importance of freedom of speech in the university setting, and addresses the relevance and pitfalls of political correctness and microaggressions on campuses, where laws on harassment, discrimination, and hate speech are already in place, along with other concepts that have gained currency in the free speech debate, including deplatforming, trigger warning, and safe space. Looking at numerous free speech disputes in the United Kingdom, the United States, and Canada, the book argues for the equal application of the free speech principle to all expressions to facilitate respectful debates. All in all, it affirms that the right to free expression is a natural right essential to the pursuit of truth, democratic governance, and self-development, and this right is nowhere more important than in the university. 2023-07-20T12:21:19Z 2023-07-20T12:21:19Z 2023 book 9780472076406 9780472056408 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/64037 eng application/pdf Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International 9780472903795.pdf University of Michigan Press 10.3998/mpub.11442022 10.3998/mpub.11442022 e07ce9b5-7a46-4096-8f0c-bc1920e3d889 9780472076406 9780472056408 306 open access
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In this book, Amy Lai examines the current free speech crisis in Western universities. She studies the origin, history, and importance of freedom of speech in the university setting, and addresses the relevance and pitfalls of political correctness and microaggressions on campuses, where laws on harassment, discrimination, and hate speech are already in place, along with other concepts that have gained currency in the free speech debate, including deplatforming, trigger warning, and safe space. Looking at numerous free speech disputes in the United Kingdom, the United States, and Canada, the book argues for the equal application of the free speech principle to all expressions to facilitate respectful debates. All in all, it affirms that the right to free expression is a natural right essential to the pursuit of truth, democratic governance, and self-development, and this right is nowhere more important than in the university.
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