Freedom of expression must include the license to offend debate /
As valued as it is, the principle of free speech through which everyone can have their say is an especially slippery slope as populations grow more pluralistic and the desire to get along creates pressure to curtail any expression that may potentially insult some portion of the people. Must freedom...
| Other Authors: | Films for the Humanities & Sciences (Firm), Infobase., Intelligence Squared. |
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| Format: | Video |
| Language: | English |
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New York, N.Y. :
Infobase,
[2009], c2006.
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1 streaming video file (109 min.) : sd., col., digital file. |
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As valued as it is, the principle of free speech through which everyone can have their say is an especially slippery slope as populations grow more pluralistic and the desire to get along creates pressure to curtail any expression that may potentially insult some portion of the people. Must freedom of expression include the license to offend? That is the question in this Oxford Union-style debate as panelists make their case. Speakers for the motion bring up the pernicious effects of censorship, the suppression of healthy debate, and repressiveness that can lead to authoritarianism, while those against speak of freedom of speech as a means to an end rooted in a particular place and time rather than as an ideal and stress the value to society of outlawing expression such as child pornography. Questions from the floor follow. The final vote? Significantly for. BBC One O'Clock News presenter Anna Ford presides. |
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Encoded with permission for digital streaming by Infobase on Nov. 06, 2009. Films on Demand is distributed by Infobase for Films for the Humanities & Sciences, Cambridge Educational, Meridian Education, and Shopware. Kenan Malik: Offence and Danish Cartoons (7:53) -- David Cesarani: Weakness & Power (10:29) -- Lisa Appignanesi: Banned Books (10:31) -- Francesca Klug: Expression vs. Denigration (8:45) -- Alain Finkielkraut: Accepting Offence in the Interest of Freedom (10:41) -- Tariq Ramadan: Rights vs. Responsibility (14:06) -- Initial Vote: 434 in Favor of the Motion that Freedom of Expression Must Include the License to Offend (1:29) -- Q & A: Double Standards, Historical Context, and Respect for Difference (5:58) -- Q & A: Faith Schools (3:47) -- Response from Panelist: Human Rights and Enforced Regulation (1:54) -- Audience Questions (3:06) -- Question: Danish Cartoons, Abu Ghraib, and the Holocaust (3:45) -- Tariq Ramadan on Cultural Change (3:33) -- Alain Finkielkraut, Kenan Malik, and Francesca Klug on the Global Village (4:35) -- Summation: Tariq Ramadan (2:13) -- Summation: Alain Finkielkraut (1:57) -- Summation: Francesca Klug (1:08) -- Summation: Lisa Appignanesi (2:04) -- Summation: David Cesarani (2:59) -- Summation: Kenan Malik (2:26) -- Final Vote: 534 in Favor of the Motion that Freedom of Expression Must Include the License to Offend (0:56) Access requires authentication through Films on Demand. As valued as it is, the principle of free speech through which everyone can have their say is an especially slippery slope as populations grow more pluralistic and the desire to get along creates pressure to curtail any expression that may potentially insult some portion of the people. Must freedom of expression include the license to offend? That is the question in this Oxford Union-style debate as panelists make their case. Speakers for the motion bring up the pernicious effects of censorship, the suppression of healthy debate, and repressiveness that can lead to authoritarianism, while those against speak of freedom of speech as a means to an end rooted in a particular place and time rather than as an ideal and stress the value to society of outlawing expression such as child pornography. Questions from the floor follow. The final vote? Significantly for. BBC One O'Clock News presenter Anna Ford presides. Mode of access: Internet. System requirements: FOD playback platform. |
| Physical Description: |
1 streaming video file (109 min.) : sd., col., digital file. |
| Format: |
Mode of access: Internet. System requirements: FOD playback platform. |
| Access: |
Access requires authentication through Films on Demand. |