Jeffrey Howard: Should A Culture Dedicated To Free Speech Limit Hate Speech?
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Friday, July 27, 2018
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Jeffrey Howard on the TED stage.
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Part 2 of the TED Radio Hour episode The Right to Speak.
About Jeffrey Howard's TED Talk
Political scientist Jeffrey Howard says democracies should allow all types of speech — even if they're hurtful. The key, he says, is to respond with conversation rather than confrontation.
About Jeffrey Howard
Jeffrey Howard is a political scientist at the University College London. He specializes in crime and punishment, freedom of expression, and counter-terrorism. He has been published in The Journal of Political Philosophy, among others. Howard is currently working on a project about incitement and hate speech, exploring the conditions under which it ought to be a crime to advocate for or otherwise inspire criminal violence.
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