Free Speech and Intellectual Diversity in Higher Education

by Larry Alexander (Contribution by), Ulrich Baer (Contribution by), David M. Buss (Contribution by), Paul Carrese (Contribution by), Daniel Cullen (Contribution by)

Overview

The essays in Free Speech and Intellectual Diversity in Higher Education reflect diverse perspectives on one of the most pressing issues in higher education--the controversies over freedom of speech and its relation to intellectual diversity. Does the First Amendment apply on campuses and do its principles clarify or obscure the issues surrounding campus speech? What, after all, is the basis for those principles, and how do they relate to the purposes of the university? Is free speech truly effective without a diversity of perspectives, and to what extent is such diversity found at universities today? Does free speech discourage the inclusion of minorities or previously excluded groups? Are there specific policies that can address the issue of free speech on campuses today in ways that are fair to all parties and to the interests at stake?

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781666900712
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Publishing
Publication date:	06/19/2023
Series:	Political Theory for Today
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	310
File size:	625 KB

About the Author

Paul Carrese is the founding director of the School of Civic and Economic Thought and Leadership at Arizona State University.

Carol McNamara is the associate director for public programs for the School of Civic and Economic Thought and Leadership at Arizona State University.

James R. Stoner, Jr. is the Hermann Moyse, Jr., Professor and Director of the Eric Voegelin Institute in the Department of Political Science at Louisiana State University.

Table of Contents

Part I: The Concept of Free Speech in Law and Higher Education
Chapter 1: The Classic First Amendment Tradition Under Stress: Freedom of Speech and the University by Robert C. Post
Chapter 2: Free Speech on Campus: A Challenge of Our Times by Geoffrey R. Stone
Chapter 3: From Skokie to Charlottesville: Free Speech, Moral Leadership, and the Line between Tolerating and Condoning Speech by Ulrich Baer
Chapter 4: The First Amendment and Academic Freedom: Principles, Law, and Politics by Donald Alexander Downs
Part II: Free Inquiry on Campus: Philosophy
Chapter 5: The Value of Free Speech by Harvey C. Mansfield
Chapter 6: What Is Free Speech For? By Daniel Cullen
Chapter 7: Free Speech and Liberal Education by Norma Thompson
Chapter 8: Was John Stuart Mill Right about Freedom of Speech? By James R. Stoner, Jr.
Part III: Free Inquiry on Campus: The Current Landscape
Chapter 9: The Age of Outrage: What the Current Political Climate Is Doing to Our Country and Our Universities by Jonathan Haidt
Chapter 1

Editorial Reviews

The willingness to pursue truth even at the price of abandoning deeply held beliefs is the hallmark of intellectual heroism. Free Speech and Intellectual Diversity in Higher Education illuminates the contours of the current debates over freedom of speech, and it models intellectual diversity in the range of opinions it represents. It is essential reading for those who embrace the discipline and responsibility of citizenship in a free society. It is testimony to the extraordinary achievement of the School of Civic and Economic Thought and Leadership that has since its founding provided a home for such discourse.”

Michael Poliakoff

This extraordinary collection, which illuminates both the importance of free inquiry and the complexity of the university’s role in contemporary American life, is a model of how to shed light rather than just heat on a controversial subject. Its breadth and depth make it simply essential reading.”

Yuval Levin