Free Speech on Campus

by Golding, Martin P.

• ISBN13: 9780847687916
• ISBN10: 0847687910
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-03-01
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Pub Inc

Summary

If the University had a constitution, would it contain a free speech provision such as exists in the U.S. Constitution? The author develops in some detail the idea of the University as a special social institution that has as its goal the dissemination and advancement of knowledge.Free Speech on Campus examines the arguments, pro and con, concerning appropriate standards of discourse and expression that are particularly germane to the campus context, public or private, whether or not they are constitutionally enforceable. Students and teachers in every discipline will find this book engaging and illuminating; it is especially relevant for ethicists and philosophers of education.

Table of Contents

Preface	vii
Campus Speech Issues	1	(14)
The Constitution of Learning	15	(18)
The University as a Marketplace of Ideas	15	(3)
A Constitutional Sine Qua Non: Specialist Faculty	18	(3)
The Pursuit of Knowledge	21	(4)
Is It a Myth?	25	(8)
Campus Speech and Unacceptable Ideas	33	(14)
``Dangerous'' Ideas in the Marketplace of Ideas	33	(3)
Exclusion of Ideas from the University?	36	(1)
An Illustration: The Argument over Sociology	37	(6)
The Academician's Dilemma	43	(4)
Campus Speech Restrictions I	47	(24)
Varieties of Speech Restrictions	47	(1)
Preliminaries on Speech Codes	48	(2)
Words That Wound	50	(1)
Insult as Assault	51	(1)
Some Questions on Delgado's Approach	52	(3)
The Racial Insult as a Message of Subordination	55	(3)
The Stanford Policy	58	(13)
Campus Speech Restrictions II	71	(24)
The Victim's Perspective and Hate Speech	72	(1)
The University as Safe Harbor	73	(5)
Sanitized Racism and Anti-Semitism	78	(5)
Hostile Environment and Verbal Harassment	83	(12)
Appendix A John Doe v. University of Michigan	95	(12)
Appendix B Speech and Speech Acts	107	(8)
Index	115	(3)
About the Author	118