Book contents
- Free Speech
- Free Speech
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part I Core Values
- 1 Instrumental Value Arguments for Free Speech
- 2 Intrinsic Value Arguments for Free Speech
- 3 Free Expression and Due Process Values
- 4 The Everyday First Amendment
- Part II History
- Part III Basic Principles
- Part IV Current Controversies
- Conclusion
- Index
2 - Intrinsic Value Arguments for Free Speech
from Part I - Core Values
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 30 April 2022
- Free Speech
- Free Speech
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part I Core Values
- 1 Instrumental Value Arguments for Free Speech
- 2 Intrinsic Value Arguments for Free Speech
- 3 Free Expression and Due Process Values
- 4 The Everyday First Amendment
- Part II History
- Part III Basic Principles
- Part IV Current Controversies
- Conclusion
- Index
Summary
In Chapter 1, we cited the Supreme Court’s decision in Cohen v. California1 and quoted its famous admonition that “one man’s vulgarity is another man’s lyric.” Reasonable people could question the lyricism of the speech at issue in Cohen, but it plainly qualified as vulgar. In that case, one Paul Robert Cohen expressed his opposition to the Vietnam War by wearing in a public courthouse a jacket that had the words “Fuck the Draft” emblazoned across its back.
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- Free SpeechFrom Core Values to Current Debates, pp. 22 - 31Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2022