POLI 347 Lecture Notes - Lecture 30: Endangerment, Professional Agrologist, Positive Liberty
15 Dec 2015
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Pornography as a symbol of freedom of speech: a defense for dworkin"s. The ongoing debate about the prohibition of pornography is influenced by the difference between traditional liberal values, portrayed by political philosophers such as ronald dworkin, conservative values, and feminist arguments, centred on the objectification of women. Dworkin, advocates for the private consumption of pornography because it is an extension of a constitutional, negative liberty. Dangerous confusion (berlin, 1958) about negative liberty that is causing the ongoing debate between conservatives and feminist, and liberals. Traditional conservatives and feminist argue that pornography should not be a right and that it should be prohibited because of its obstruction to decency and the attitude it sets towards women. For catherine mackinnon, established feminist and professor of philosophy, pornography harms the perception of women in two ways: objectification through degradation and further physical degradation through the production of pornographic content. To represent a conservative aspect of this debate, in iris murdoch"s why plato.
