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# The Harm in Hate Speech Paperback – October 6, 2014

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			        		&#x201C;A powerful little book that seeks to dismantle familiar defenses of the right to indefensible speech.&#x201D;&#x2015;Kelefa Sanneh, New Yorker&#x201C;[Waldron&#x2019;s] book sheds light on a number of difficult issues, and occasionally exposes the difference between historical fact and fiction&#x2026; He elegantly and convincingly advocates that our leaders should not only avoid the use of hate speech themselves, but also condemn its use by others&#x2026; We should all do our best to preserve President Ford&#x2019;s conception of America as a place where we can disagree without being disagreeable. An understanding of the arguments in Waldron&#x2019;s book may help us to do so.&#x201D;&#x2015;John Paul Stevens, New York Review of Books&#x201C;Waldron&#x2026;challenges society and its legal system to do something about [the harm done by hate speech]. But the likelihood that something will be done is slim if Waldron is right about the state of First Amendment discourse: &#x2018;[I]n the American debate, the philosophical arguments about hate speech are knee-jerk, impulsive and thoughtless.&#x2019; Not the arguments of this book, however; they hit the mark every time.&#x201D;&#x2015;Stanley Fish, New York Times&#x201C;The Harm in Hate Speech is the fullest embodiment of arguments that Waldron has been developing for years&#x2026; Waldron&#x2019;s treatise is primarily a philosophical defense of hate-speech regulation. He argues that hate speech is an &#x2018;environmental&#x2019; problem that pollutes the atmosphere of security and dignity that society should provide to all its members&#x2026; Speech intended to intimidate or malign destroys this assurance&#x2026; While we should continue to protect the free speech of those we disagree with, The Harm in Hate Speech makes a compelling case that they are not the only ones who need defending.&#x201D;&#x2015;Daniel Townshend, American Prospect&#x201C;Waldron is firmly on the side of the hate speech legislators. He wants free speech dogmatists to think again, and presents a series of challenges to the prevailing view in the U.S.&#x201D;&#x2015;Nigel Warburton, Times Literary Supplement&#x201C;To the (mostly white) liberals who say they hate the content of hate speech, but defend its right to exist under the First Amendment (often while patting themselves on the back for their tolerance), Waldron replies, in essence: easy for you to say. In this brief, eloquent book, he urges readers (at a bare minimum) to think about how hate speech feels from the point of view of its targets&#x2026; From key court battles Waldron teases out the ideas that matter in deciding how to balance free expression with a free society, one in which everybody can &#x2018;know that when they leave home in the morning, they can count on not being discriminated against or humiliated or terrorized.&#x2019;&#x201D;&#x2015;Kate Tuttle, Boston Globe&#x201C;This is a wonderful book. It conveys complex ideas in an accessible and convincing way&#x2026; Jeremy Waldron has put together a clear and compelling rationale for hate-speech laws&#x2015;the harm that it causes to human dignity.&#x201D;&#x2015;Katharine Gelber, Times Higher Education&#x201C;This book develops a theory of hate speech that challenges existing U.S. legal rubrics. U.S. courts have repeatedly held that the First Amendment forbids criminalization of hate speech, but Waldron advances a broader view of the link between free expression and important social values such as tolerance and inclusiveness&#x2026; If dignity is a concept that is valued by a polity, Waldron argues, then there are important reasons to distinguish hate speech from other forms of expression that merit legal protection. An elegant synthesis of modern legal philosophy and leading cases, as well as a critique of the positions of prominent legal theorists such as Ronald Dworkin and C. Edwin Baker, the book is a readable, thought-provoking contribution to the literature.&#x201D;&#x2015;S. B. Lichtman, Choice&#x201C;A vigorously argued, intelligent challenge to the &#x2018;liberal bravado&#x2019; of U.S. First Amendment scholars. In an eloquent reply to free-speech advocates, Waldron moves step by step in building the argument as to why hate-speech laws are good for a well-ordered society&#x2026; The author argues that the damage caused by hate speech is like an &#x2018;environmental threat to social peace, a sort of slow-acting poison&#x2019; that robs the intended victims of their dignity and reputation in society. Waldron&#x2019;s analogy between hate speech and pornography&#x2015;in terms of the defamation of women&#x2015;is particularly noteworthy. He responds carefully to the notion of free speech as a necessary part of democracy&#x2019;s &#x2018;marketplace of ideas&#x2019; and looks to the Enlightenment philosophes for their views on toleration and defamation.&#x201D;&#x2015;Kirkus Reviews&#x201C;Waldron is a legal and political thinker at the height of his powers. Even, or perhaps especially, for someone who disagrees with his position on hate speech legislation, this book conveys a subtle, rich, rigorous and deeply challenging argument.&#x201D;&#x2015;Timothy Garton Ash, St Antony&#x2019;s College, University of Oxford
						    	
					    	
						
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			        		Jeremy Waldron is University Professor in the School of Law at New York University.
						    	
					    	
						
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## Customer Reviews

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    censorship
  

*by S***N on September 15, 2018*









  
  
    Sticks and stones ... name-calling and humor can't hurt you unless you let it. If you are humorless and like to take offense you will love this book. Or if you think the ability to speak out should be limited only to those who think like you.
  


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    hate speech regulation prevents political speech
  

*by M***S on December 3, 2017*









  
  
    Groups of people act politically.Criticism of the political actions and speech of these groups is often labeled as "hate speech".Thus, hate speech regulation prevents political speech; and specifically that which is in opposition to the political speech of others.Essentially, it provides for a legal umbrella by which groups of people can seek unopposed political gains, often at the political, legal, democratic, and resource expense of other groups.Thus, by its nature, "hate speech" regulation is antithetical to liberalism as it protects the political gains of some groups at the expense of other groups.There is no legitimate rationale, observed or theoretical, for the conclusion that such protection will stay within the realm of equal rights. Today, we observe even agitation for hate speech regulation, as this book represents, being used to advance the political interests of groups well beyond any objectively morally just campaign for equal rights.This underlying reality of political competition is the foundation for the unquestionable nature of the first amendment that this book is attempting to undermine. Last: just because some so-called liberal democracies ban speech, this does not serve as a mandate to mimic their democratic corruption.
  


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    One Star
  

*by A***S on October 17, 2017*









  
  
    As I expected, it is nonsense.
  


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