Free Speech

34	"Freedom of Thought and Discussion" J.S. Mill	click on an author's name to go to her/his web page (if available)
35	"Sex, Lies, and Pornography" Ann Garry
36	"MacKinnon's Words" Ronald Dworkin
37	"Sticks and Stones" John Arthur
38	"Speech Codes and Expressive Harm" Andrew Altman

Web Resources

Hate speech

Against all restrictions on hate speech. A group that is opposed to any restriction of free speech on the internet -- even racially derogatory speech.
Bibliography on hate speech.
Matsuda, Mari. Interview on NPR's Talk of the Nation. Matsuda is one of the premier spokespeople advocating limiting hate speech.
Soble, Alan. "Antioch's Sexual Offense Policy: A Philosophical Exploration."

Free speech

ACLU position on free speech.
Citizen Internet Empowerment Coalition. Includes links to recent court cases.
"Civil Liberties after 9/11." Entire issue of the Boston Review.
First Amendment. Radio interview with John Seigenthaler, Director of the Freedom Forum First Amendment Center, and former editor of The Tennessean and USA Today. [RealAudio]
Free Speech. A newsletter, with links for information on questions about free expression in the media and on the internet.
Index for Free Expression. An electronic version of a bi-monthly magazine devoted to issues of free expression and censorship. Includes essays on hate speech.
Free Speech Movement. Group advocating extensive free speech. Essays, etc.
Mill, John Stuart. On Liberty. The entire book from which the first selection in this section was taken. I think this is still the best general defense of liberty available.
Velleman, David. Several papers and letters of his about free speech (University of Michigan).

Pornography

Andrea Dworkin has been one of the leaders pushing to make pornography illegal. Here is a page devoted to her work. Includes excerpts from several of her books.
Darwall, Stephen. "Pornography and Censorship" (Section 1) (Section 2). Outline of lecture notes.
Griffin, Susan. "Pornography and Silence." Transcript of a 1981 radio interview about the ways in which pornography silences women (a chief argument used against pornorgaphy).
Russell, Diana. "Pornography as a Cause of Rape." Significant excerpts from her book by this name (1994).
Soble, Alan. "Pornography and the Social Sciences." Originally in Social Epistemology (1988).

Speech on the internet

Center for Democracy and Technology. Site devoted to debates about policies governing the internet.
Electronic Frontier Foundation. A site dedicated to free speech, especially on the internet. Links to other topics on free expression.
van Camp, Julie. "Indecency on the Internet." In 1996-97 Entertainment, Publishing and the Arts Handbook, Stephen F. Breimer, Robert Thorne, and John David Viera (eds). New York: Clark, Boardman, and Callaghan.

Freedom of Action

Conscientious Objection. Should pharmacists be able to refuse to fill prescriptions they think are immoral?