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Single Idea 22829
[filed under theme 25. Social Practice / A. Freedoms / 3. Free speech
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Full Idea
The argument for restricting defamatory speech is that unrestricted speech makes it impossible, or too difficult, to distinguish between those who deserve a trustworthy reputation and those who don't - a distinction in society's best interests.
Gist of Idea
Allowing defamatory speech is against society's interests, by blurring which people are trustworthy
Source
John Charvet (Liberalism: the basics [2019], 03)
Book Ref
Charvet,John: 'Liberalism: the basics' [Routledge 2019], p.18
A Reaction
A nice example of appeal to the common good, in opposition to the normal freedoms of liberalism. An example of the Prisoner's Dilemma. Should assertion of the common good of a group be a prime value of liberalism?
The
16 ideas
with the same theme
[extent to which opinions can be freely expressed]:
1766
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Diogenes said that the most excellent thing among men was freedom of speech
[Diogenes of Sin., by Diog. Laertius]
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20481
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Nothing we say can be worse than unsaying it in the face of authority
[Montaigne]
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19942
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Treason may be committed as much by words as by deeds
[Spinoza]
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20009
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Freedom of speech and writing, within the law, is essential to preserve liberty
[Montesquieu]
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2233
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No government has ever suffered by being too tolerant of philosophy
[Hume]
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21058
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Enlightenment requires the free use of reason in the public realm
[Kant]
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19859
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Free speech is very precious, and everyone may speak and write freely (but take responsibility for it)
[Mirabeau/committee]
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21487
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The freedom of the press to sell poison outweighs its usefulness
[Schopenhauer]
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7213
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Liberty arises at the point where people can freely and equally discuss things
[Mill]
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22681
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The liberty of the press is more valuable for what it prevents than what it promotes
[Tocqueville]
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23819
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Deliberate public lying should be punished
[Weil]
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22268
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If persons define themselves by a group membership, insults to that group are a real harm
[Sandel]
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22267
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In the liberal view an insult to my group doesn't hurt me, since I'm defined by choices not groups
[Sandel]
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20586
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Free speech does not include the right to shout 'Fire!' in a crowded theatre
[Tuckness/Wolf]
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22829
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Allowing defamatory speech is against society's interests, by blurring which people are trustworthy
[Charvet]
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23136
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Liberal free speech is actually paid speech
[Gopnik]
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