State Speech as a Response to Hate Speech: Assessing ‘Transformative Liberalism'

‘Transformative liberals' believe that the state should use its non-coercive capacities to counter hateful speech and practices, by seeking to transform the views of those who hold hateful and discriminatory beliefs. This paper critically assesses transformative liberalism, with a particular fo...

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Main Author: Billingham, Paul (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Springer Science + Business Media B. V [2019]
In: Ethical theory and moral practice
Year: 2019, Volume: 22, Issue: 3, Pages: 639-655
RelBib Classification:AD Sociology of religion; religious policy
NCD Political ethics
VA Philosophy
ZC Politics in general
Further subjects:B Corey Brettschneider
B State speech
B Transformative liberalism
B Religious Freedom
B Tax exemptions
B Free and equal citizenship
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