Political Science 1020E Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Gambling, Online Gambling, Ethics
5 Nov 2016
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Governments without free speech would not be free at all --> not genuinely participatory: speech = any form of expression or transmission of ideas. Positive freedom - freedom to achieve what you want to do: repressive tolerance - lack of censorship doesn"t guarantee that the freedom will be exercised in any worthwhile way. Speech should be limited to protect the wellbeing of others, protect national security: instrumental argument - preserving free speech produces tangible results. Promotes discussion to have democracy and government functioning properly. Moral argument - infringement of dignity and autonomy. Infallibility argument - person that silences someone else because they assume they are false (assumes infallibility: dead dogma argument - strive to preserve a situation where ideas are vigorously debated from all sides. Encourages playing devil"s advocate, opposition is needed to keep argument alive. Partly true argument - there may be elements of truth within a largely false position.
