1. Introduction
2. Ten Clusters of Laws/Regulations/Codes that Constrain Uses of Hate Speech
3. Principles of Basic Morality
4. Principles of Personal Development
5. Principles of Civic Morality
6. Principles of Cultural Diversity
7. Principles of Political Morality
8. Principles of Balance
9. Principia Juris
10. Toward a Theory of Principled Compromise
11. Conclusion
Biography
Alexander Brown is Senior Lecturer in Contemporary Social and Political Theory at the University of East Anglia (UEA). He is the author of Ronald Dworkin’s Theory of Equality: Domestic and Global Perspectives (2009) and Personal Responsibility: Why it Matters (2009).
"The book covers an enormous amount of ground, and Brown culls huge literatures in assembling this vast array of principled arguments both for and against hate speech regulation. Theorists from an array of fields and viewpoints are brought into direct contact with one another and separate but related literatures are here helpfully united. In this way, his book does a real service to the discussion and will be an indispensable contribution to illuminating the vast array of regulations, relevant principles, arguments and types of hate speech." – Mary Kate McGowan in Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews
"This ambitious book identifies and organizes conflicting values within the hate speech controversies. It aims to synthesize deeper questions about core concepts of liberalism, democracy, personhood, dignity, and tolerance with policy concerns about pragmatics and effectiveness. The most seasoned free speech scholars will find points and angles they had not previously considered." – Eric Heinze in International Dialogue
