1st Edition
The Scope of Tolerance Studies on the Costs of Free Expression and Freedom of the Press
By Raphael Cohen-Almagor
Copyright 2006
296 Pages
by
Routledge
296 Pages
by
Routledge
296 Pages
by
Routledge
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One of the dangers in any political system is that the principles that underlie and characterize it may, through their application, bring about its destruction. Liberal democracy is no exception. Moreover, because democracy is relatively a young phenomenon, it lacks experience in dealing with pitfalls involved in the working of the system - the ‘catch’ of democracy.
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Introduction 1 The scope of tolerance and its moral reasoning 2 The right to privacy: part I 3 The right to privacy: part II 4 Offense to sensibilities: part I 5 Offense to sensibilities: part II 6 On incitement 7 Hate speech in Canada 8 The terrorists’ best ally: media coverage of terror 9 The terrorists’ best ally: the FLQ crisis, Conclusion
Biography
Raphael Cohen-Almagor teaches at the Department of Communication, and Library and Information Studies at the University of Haifa, and is the Director of the Centre for Democratic Studies. Between 1997 and 2000 he was a member of the Israel Press Council.
