John Hendrix » Moral http://www.hendrixcampaign.com Political Fan Site Sat, 11 Feb 2012 09:03:47 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Do any moral responsibilities come with the legal right to free speech? http://www.hendrixcampaign.com/2011/09/10/do-any-moral-responsibilities-come-with-the-legal-right-to-free-speech/ http://www.hendrixcampaign.com/2011/09/10/do-any-moral-responsibilities-come-with-the-legal-right-to-free-speech/#comments Sat, 10 Sep 2011 18:53:58 +0000 http://www.hendrixcampaign.com/2011/09/10/do-any-moral-responsibilities-come-with-the-legal-right-to-free-speech/ People have the legal right to make racist statements without government reprisal.

And war protestors have the legal right to say whatever they want.

That’s not in dispute.

My question is, what (if any) additional personal restrictions do you place on legally protected speech?

People have said Don Imus’ comments were hurtful. And others have said that war protests can have the effect of emboldening the enemy. In other words, many claim that there are things you can say, but shouldn’t.

So are there any personal, voluntary guidelines you use in deciding what to say and what not to say?

Or do you feel the First Amendment means that one not only has a legal right to speak, but that it’s somehow wrong for any negative consequences to be associated with the exercise of free speech?

Thanks!

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UC Berkeley professor of Cognitive Science and Linguistics George Lakoff explores how successful political debates are framed by using language targeted to people’s values instead of their support for specific government programs in this public lecture sponsored by the Helen Edison Series at UC San Diego. Series: “Helen Edison Lecture Series” [11/2005] [Public Affairs] [Show ID: 11194]

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