Freedom And Responsibility In Constructing Public Life: Toward A Revised Ethic Of Discourse

Argumentation 11 (1):113-130 (1997)
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The current rationale for Freedom of Speech is entangled in Enlightenment assumptions about the relationship of discourse to public life. This article critiques those assumptions and proposes an alternative rationale for Freedom of Speech based in assumptions of contemporary rhetorical theory.

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10.1023/a:1017990813314

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