Freedom of Expression as Self-Restraint

Kramer, Matthew H.

ISBN 10: 0198868650 / ISBN 13: 9780198868651

Published by Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press, 2021

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"First Edition published in 2021" and "Impression 1" stated. Very good plus, if not near fine hardback in very good plus, if not near fine unpriced, unclipped dust jacket. Book and dust jacket have moderate, if not minor 5/8 inch by 5/8 inch bumps to lower fore-edge corners; and the lower fore-edge corner of block has minor, if not trivial bump. Only trivial additional signs of age/wear/previous use to book and dust jacket: primarily to edges of dust jacket and three pin-head sized white spots near spine of front panel of dust jacket.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Freedom of Expression as Self-Restraint
• Publisher: Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press
• Publication Date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0198868650
• ISBN 13: 9780198868651
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Politics
  • Philosophy

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Synopsis

Freedom of Expression as Self-Restraint provides a novel justificatory foundation for the principle of freedom of expression. As the book argues, such a principle is absolute in that it is exceptionless; it imposes general duties that are binding always and everywere on every system of governance.

In addition to injecting a new level of philosophical sophistication into the debates over freedom of expression, the book ties the principle to an ideal of governmental self-restraint, and it shows how that ideal connects to the paramount moral responsibility of every system of governance: the responsibility to bring about the political, social, and economic conditions under which every member of society can be warranted in harbouring an ample sense of self-respect. In short, compliance by a system of governance with the principle of freedom of expression is integral to the fulfilment of that paramount responsibility.

About the Author

Matthew H. Kramer is Professor of Legal and Political Philosophy at the University of Cambridge, and is a Fellow of Churchill College, Cambridge. He is the Director of the Cambridge Forum for Legal & Political Philosophy, and he has been a Fellow of the British Academy since 2014. He is the author of 16 previous books and co-editor of 4 additional books.