1st Edition

Censorship and Free Speech Some Philosophical Bearings

By P.G. Ingram Copyright 2000
150 Pages
by Routledge

161 Pages
by Routledge

150 Pages
by Routledge

This title was first published in 2000:  While there are many philosophical studies of free speech, treating censorship historically, politically, or by the medium restricted (films, press etc.), little has been written on censorship and free speech dealing with issues philosophically and approaching them from the perspective of restrictions. This book treats censorship and free speech as a... Read more
Contents: Preliminaries; Criticisms of censorship; Philosophical connections; Social order; Bibliography; Index.

Biography

Peter Ingram, Senior lecturer, School of Law, The Queens University, Belfast, Northern Ireland. The author teaches in the areas of jurisprudence, social philosophy and ethics. Degrees in philosophy from McGill and Edinburgh Universities.