Porngraphy And Free Speech

Question 1

John Stuart Mill: On Liberty

Answer 1

-law should protect our freedoms, not individuals; people should be free as possible

-free speech is important for the flowing of ideas

-we must maximize individual liberty

-truth fixes mistakes, speech makes truth

-Socrates died for free speech

Question 2

Vaughns Definition of Pornography

Answer 2

Sexually explicit material intended to provoke arousal

Question 3

John Stuart Mill facts

Answer 3

1. He’s British
2. Political libertarian

Question 4

The irony of liberty

Answer 4

You can argue against it, as that is your right (free speech)

Question 5

Nadine Strossen: Do we have to choose between free speech and pornography?

Answer 5

-the law of unintended consequences

-when we restrict freedoms, we actually hurt minorities/women more (look at the book ban of Canada, or Comstock Law)

-the bedrock principle of free speech (government cannot limit it just because people find it offensive)

-using the clear and present danger test, we cannot ban pornography

Question 6

Augustine

Answer 6

A Christian writer who wrote the first stream of consciousness biography about his life and experiences

-titled Confessions
-St Augustine

Question 7

Miller V California (1973)

Answer 7

-established the miller test of legal obscenity

Question 8

Helen E. Longino: Pornography, Oppression, and Freedom

Answer 8

-pornography is immoral because of the harm it brings

-woman may choose to participate, but it is still harmful to them

-pornography is degrading; it lies

-there are types of speech that aren’t protected under the First Amendment

Question 9

Willfried Reilly: “Hate Crimes Hoax”

Answer 9

-a republican book about the possible liberal agenda of pushing false hate crimes

Question 10

John Arthur: Sticks and Stones

Answer 10

-free speech is not inherently harmful, as it is not violence

-words cannot harm people in actuality, it may hurt your feelings, but that is not harm in its definition

-the answer to vile speech is more speech

-uses John S Mill

-speech is fundamental to democracy

-correlation does not equal causation

-no empirical evidence proves porn causes SA

-the Michigan codes case

Question 11

Catherine A Mackinnon: Pornography, Civil Rights, and Speech

Answer 11

-words create reality

-a post-modern epistemologist

-pornography fufills inhumane thoughts about women, and causes problems with men and women’s sexuality

-pornography is in violation of the equality principle of the 14th amendment

-if we banned pornography, it would only do good for women

Question 12

Ronald Dworkin: Women and Pornography

Answer 12

-against Mackinnon (problems with her justifications)

-what does she mean by equality?

-speech is equality’s counterpart

-porn, video games, and bad speech are the price we pay for the freedom to equally express ourselves

Question 13

Camille Paglia

Answer 13

A libertarian feminist (feminists can believe in libertarianism)

Question 14

Wendy Kaminer: Feminists Againsf the First Amendment

Answer 14

-anti-porn laws have not worked previously

-Mackinnon puts forth a bleak view of male sexuality

-with her categorization, there can be no consensual sex

-free speech can help us break societies ideas, we just have to work hard to do other things

-sensationalism has become a major problem in the arguments

-making it hard to have a conversation properly

Question 15

Anti-pornography Civil Rights Ordinance

Answer 15

-created by Mackinnon and Dworkin

-utilized in Indianapolis and Minneapolis

-proposed to treat pornography as a violation of women’s civil rights and to allow women harmed by pornography to seek damages through lawsuits in civil courts.

-shot down by the Supreme Courts for violating the first amendment

Question 16

Peter Boghosion

Answer 16

-was at Oregon State University
-left because they violated his first amendment rights
-started Austin University on the basis of free speech

Question 17

Jonathan Haidt

Answer 17

-wrote “The Coddling of the American Mind”

explores this phenomenon, showing how a set of dangerous and false beliefs have taken root in the minds of today’s college students, convincing these young people that they are inherently fragile and must be protected from the allegedly harmful impacts of speech

Question 18

Kathryn Schultz

Answer 18

-wrote “Being Wrong”

an insightful and delightful discussion of the errors of our ways — why we make mistakes, why we don’t know we are making them and what we do when recognition dawns. Schulz begins with a question th

Question 19

Legal Moralism

Answer 19

The view that a communities basic moral standards should be enshrined in law and enforced by the state

Question 20

“Mistakes were made, but not by me”

Answer 20

uses anecdotal, historical, and scientific evidence to explain why keeping mistakes quietly is always endlessly worse than admitting those mistakes–both to the public and to ourselves.