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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| Physical Description: |
1 streaming video file (109 min.) : sd., col., digital file. |
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Table of Contents:
- 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)