Managing deliberation: the quandary of democratic dialogue
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Collectivist approaches to the First Amendment emphasize collective processes of public deliberation, rather than individual rights. A collectivist theory of free speech should not replace traditional First Amendment jurisprudence, but should be used only when needed to preserve self-governance. The collectivist free speech theory of Owen Fiss and Alexander Meiklejohn falls outside tradition in denying the distinction between public and private as well as the autonomy of citizen response to public discourse. J. Skelly Wright's collectivist argument is internal to First Amendment tradition, and therefore more attractive, in pointing out practices that foster alienation.
Publication Name: Ethics
Subject: Philosophy and religion
ISSN: 0014-1704
Year: 1993
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The phenomenology of speech and harm
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A free speech principle cannot be based on the assumption that speech is less harmful than other categories of conduct. Rejection of this 'lesser harm' hypothesis does not, however, imply that speech acts are necessarily harmful. Without the lesser harm hypothesis, there is need to find a more positive argument for treating free speech separately. Nevertheless, in the absence of such a free speech principle, general principles of liberty will be sufficient to protect most speech acts from government control.
Publication Name: Ethics
Subject: Philosophy and religion
ISSN: 0014-1704
Year: 1993
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Moral deliberation, nonmoral ends, and the virtuous agent
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An overriding end or goal is the motive upon which a persons are determined to act and the driving force that guides their deliberations. Persons may use independent preference in making a choice regarding conflicting views but they must also consider its moral implications. It is contended that agents, whose overriding reasons for action are always explicitly moral, do not attain their goals.
Publication Name: Ethics
Subject: Philosophy and religion
ISSN: 0014-1704
Year: 1997
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