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Author:   Donald Alexander Downs ,  Chris W. Surprenant
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.340kg
ISBN:  

9781138479890

ISBN 10:   1138479896
Pages:   358
Publication Date:   30 April 2018
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Introduction Donald Alexander Downs and Chris W. Surprenant 1. Philosophy, Controversy, and Freedom of Speech Peter Singer 2. Why Academic Freedom? Brian Leiter 3. Free Speech and Ideological Diversity on American College Campuses Keith Whittington 4. Are Academic Freedom and Freedom of Speech Congruent or Opposed? James R. Stoner, Jr. 5. Freedom of Expression at the Private University John Hasnas 6. Outside Funding to Centers: A Challenge to Institutional Mission? Jason Brennan 7. Harm: An Event-based Fienbergian Account Andrew J. Cohen 8. The Difference between Being Offended and Taking Offense Michael Joel Kessler 9. The Necessity of Offense Shane Courtland 10. ‘Words that Wound’ in the Classroom: Should they be Silenced or Discussed? Christina Easton 11. Speech and War: Rethinking the Ethics of Speech Restrictions Burkay Ozturk and Bob Fischer 12. Growing-up Disturbed Frank Furedi 13. Don’t Make Me Laugh: Speech Codes and the Humorless Campus Edward Johnson 14. Sex, Liberty, and Freedom of Expression at the American University Evan Gerstmann 15. Skepticism about Title IX Culture J.K. Miles 16. From Academic Freedom to Academic Responsibility Arianne Shahvisi 17. Campus Speech, Diverse Perspectives, and the Distribution of Burdens Ryan Muldoon 18. When Free Speech is False Speech Sarah Conly 19. The Plausibility of Abhorrent Views, and why it Matters Calum Miller 20. Safeguarding Academic Freedom on Campus through Faculty Governance Rima Najjar Kapitan

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Donald Alexander Downs is the Alexander Meiklejohn Professor of Political Science, Law, and Journalism at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and the Glenn B. and Cleone Orr Hawkins Professor of Political Science at the University. He is also the director and co-founder of the University’s Wisconsin Center for the Study of Liberal Democracy. Chris W. Surprenant is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of New Orleans, where he is the founding director of the Alexis de Tocqueville Project, an interdisciplinary center for research and programming focusing on issues at the intersection of ethics, individual freedom, and the law.

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