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This book features new perspectives on the ethics and politics of free speech. Contributors draw on insights from philosophy, psychology, political theory, journalism, literature, and history to respond to pressing problems involving free speech in liberal societies. Recent years have seen an explosion of academic interest in free speech. However, most recent work has focused on constitutional protections for free speech and on issues related to academic freedom and campus politics. The chapters in this volume set their sights more broadly on the non-state problems that we collectively face in attempting to realize a healthy environment for free discourse. The volume's contributors share the assumption that threats to free speech do not come exclusively from state sources or bad actors, but from ordinary strategic situations in which all may be acting in good faith. Contributors take seriously the idea that our current cultural moment provides plenty of reason to be concerned about our intellectual climate and offer new insights for how to make things better.　 New Directions in the Ethics and Politics of Speech will be of interest to researchers and students working in ethics, political philosophy, social theory, and law.

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Bans on organizations are not part of the traditional range of instruments used in dealing with extremist phenomena in the Swiss legal system. In recent years, however, there has been a paradigm shift in this regard, especially since there has been a general, abstract basis for a ban on extremist organizations in individual cases for the first time since September 1, 2017. This thesis is devoted to the question of the conditions under which a ban on extremist organizations is permissible from a constitutional point of view. To this end, the author examines whether and to what extent extremist efforts enjoy protection under fundamental rights. He also examines the existing legal bases for bans on organisations, specifically Article 74 of the Intelligence Service Act (NDG), for their conformity with the constitution. Organisationsverbote zählen in der schweizerischen Rechtsordnung nicht zum traditionellen Instrumentarium im Umgang mit extremistischen Phänomenen. In den vergangenen Jahren zeichnet sich diesbezüglich allerdings ein Paradigmenwechsel ab, zumal seit 1. September 2017 erstmals eine generell-abstrakte Grundlage für ein Verbot von extremistischen Organisationen im Einzelfall besteht. Die vorliegende Arbeit widmet sich der Frage, unter welchen Voraussetzungen ein Verbot von extremistischen Organisationen unter verfassungsrechtlichem Blickwinkel zulässig ist. Zu diesem Zweck untersucht der Autor, ob und inwieweit extremistische Bestrebungen grundrechtlichen Schutz geniessen. Weiter überprüft er die bestehenden Rechtsgrundlagen für Organisationsverbote, namentlich Art. 74 des Nachrichtendienstgesetzes (NDG), auf ihre Verfassungskonformität hin.

Freedom of speech. --- Freedom of speech --- Social aspects.

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Amy Lai examines the current free speech crisis in Western universities. She studies the origin, history, and importance of freedom of speech in the university setting, and addresses the relevance and pitfalls of political correctness and microaggressions on campuses, where laws on harassment, discrimination, and hate speech are already in place, along with other concepts that have gained currency in the free speech debate, including deplatforming, trigger warning, and safe space. Looking at numerous free speech disputes in the United Kingdom, the United States, and Canada, the book argues for the equal application of the free speech principle to all expressions to facilitate respectful debates. All in all, it affirms that the right to free expression is a natural right essential to the pursuit of truth, democratic governance, and self-development, and this right is nowhere more important than in the university.

Education, Higher --- Freedom of speech --- Freedom of speech --- Freedom of speech --- Political aspects.

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Freedom of speech --- Political campaigns --- Election law

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Freedom of speech --- College students --- Civil rights