The Cost of Free Speech: Pornography, Hate Speech, and their Challenge to Liberalism [Hardcover] Levin, A.

Product Description The distinctly contemporary proliferation of pornography and hate speech poses a challenge to liberalism's traditional ideal of a 'marketplace of ideas' facilitated by state neutrality about the content of speech. This new study argues that the liberal state ought to depart from neutrality to meet this challenge. Review 'The Cost of Free Speech is certainly worth its price. Clear, well organized, and thoroughly argued, it simultaneously provides a non-superficial introduction to the central theoretical issues at the intersection of political philosophy and free speech and significant food for thought for those more familiar with the relevant topics.' - Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews About the Author ABIGAIL LEVIN is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Niagara University, New York, USA.