PHIL 1050 Lecture Notes - False Advertising, Making Money, Slut
23 Nov 2012
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To be considered an adult of sound mind and liberty, one must have sound rationale. Requirements for individual liberty, such as relevant capacity that are connected to anatomy. Should not ban anything unless context will breach peace. Not truly banning just stating that free speech must be done in a correct way. Hate speech cannot be done against groups categorized by colour, race, religion, ethnic origin, sexual orientation (in criminal code, section 319) Keegstra case (1990): alberta teacher who taught students that the holocaust never happened. Hate speech can be a way to impede the search for the truth. Canadian human rights and freedoms act, section 13: not allowed to expose someone to hate to a particular group. Boisson case: expressed views on homosexuals to a newspaper, and someone filed a complaint against. Boisson; he was then restricted from publishing anything on homosexuals again, forced to apologize publically and fined.
