LWSO5001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Public Knowledge, Picketing, Alger Hiss
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Freedom of expression intro, scope and limits. Mclachlin j: freedom of expression is necessary because of its role in the political process, but this is too narrow a view. It is also an essential precondition of the search for truth (milton). It is a means of promoting a marketplace of ideas , in which competing ideas vie for supremacy to the end of attaining truth (oliver wendell. Assists in promoting the truth in ways which would be impossible without freedom of expression. Freedom of expression is also seen as worth preserving for its own intrinsic value to western society. Broad wording of s. 2(b) is inconsistent with a justification based on any single facet of freedom of expression. Contributes to public"s recognition of truth or growth of public knowledge, or because it is necessary to the operation of a democratic form of government, or because it is an important aspect of individual autonomy.
