PHIL 1300 Chapter Notes - Chapter Exam 4: Inverse Relation
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Any sexually explicit portrayal intended primarily to produce sexual arousal. Argument against censorship grounded in the first amendment in the u. s constitution: Govt. censorship of pornography would violate the first amendment. Arguments for censorship from the claim that pornography is not protected speech. Pornography is harmful speech, the first amendment does not protect against harmful speech there for its not protected by the first amendment. Respects in which pornography is harmful: leads to an erosion in the family unit. Pornography leads to crimes of a sexual nature (rape, sexual assault: challenges, there is no uncontroversial statistical correlation. Indianapolis legislation: pornography is the sexually explicit subordination of women , pornography is behavior not speech and thus is not protected by the 1 st amendment, 7th circuit court of appeals american booksellers vs hudnut (1985) The redefinition of pornography amounts to a slight of hand . Any oppression that results of pornography is the indirect effect of the content expressed.
