Philosophy 1040F/G Lecture 4: Week 4 Lecture Notes
9 Apr 2020
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Yes, prohibiting production and dist. of material. Butler was hailed as a victory for feminists. Explicit sex without violence which is neither degrading nor dehumanizing gets green light. Butler was 25 years ago, no internet. How do we prevent violence from hate speech without freedom of expression. Section 318 - advocating or promoting genocide. Attorney general must sign off on these charges. The accused has the burden of proof. Everyone agrees that speech that wilfully promotes hatred is protected under section 2b. Can it be saved under section 1. Significant objective - dickson: yes m: no. Disagree whether the criminal code provision is well designed to control it. But it is not at the core of freedom of expression. If it was it would not count as hatred (defenses) 6. a) the hurt felt by those targeted. B) the risk that hate speech will lead to violence and discrimination against group,
