MODR 1760 Study Guide - Special Pleading, Fallacy, Dict
13 May 2014
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Author"s thesis: hate speech should not be banned on campus. [ic] (1) this benefits no one except perhaps the university administration, who can control dissent and maintain a semblance of public order. [ic] (2) it harms our basic liberties and freedom of speech. [ic] (3) implementing codes to ban hate speech even in the name of tolerance, is to violate a basic premise on which the university operates. [ic] (4) suppression of offensive and hate speech does not solve the underlying problem of prejudice and inequality. [ic] (5) suppressing it does not make offensive beliefs go away. [mc] (6) hate speech should not be banned on campus. Author"s treatment of objections raised against his or her claims/arguments: Objection 1 raised: some universities passed policies and codes that prohibit speech that offends any ethnic or religious group, race, gender, or sexual orientation.
