I want to respond to Dan Fincke’s Civility Pledge, as I won’t be signing it. That’s a shame, I think, because I believe civility to be an indispensable component of a productive discussion.
Given the effect of the state restricting some of our expression on our autonomy, our rights should contain the freedom to express ourselves as we wish.
Thanks to windy for pointing out two more petitions important to religious freedom and freedom of expression in the…
Another category of expression that Mill’s arguments do not seem to apply to are what Austin called ‘illocutionary acts’…
This is a new series on Free Expression, concentrating on asking how we might go about arguing for free speech. My previous series outlined what we mean when we talk about freedom of expression.
After collectively failing Alexander Aan, let’s not this time be distracted from helping those in dire need.
The ‘Accommodationism vs Confrontationalism’ debate in the online atheist community somewhat passed me by while I was studying Philosophy,…
I feel a bit bad asking this, since I like Derren Brown. But is there a touch of the ‘Uri Geller’ about him?
Apologies in advance for this DramaPost – perhaps I’ll regret writing this, but what the hell. Leeeeeroooooooy…
“Skepchick” Rebecca Watson has a new “I can’t believe they said that!” post up.
Goodbye England… So I’m in the first week of my new adventure; starting a new life in Taiwan. I…