ZAP

Free Speech and Tolerance in the Light of the Zero Aggression Principle

Gerard Casey

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English

Imprint Academic
01 October 2019

Social & political philosophy; Political correctness; Conservatism & right-of-centre democratic ideologies; Freedom of information & freedom of speech

Series: Societas

We're all in favour of free speech — except when we’re not! Often it’s a case of 'free speech for me, but not for thee’. The regulation of speech is a matter that is typically dealt with arbitrarily without there being any obvious principled basis for the decisions that are made. Is hate speech, so-called, a form of free speech? What of blasphemy, in either its ancient or contemporary forms? Should certain forms of speech be mandatory?

As with free speech, we’re all in favour of tolerance — except when we're not! Tolerance is increasingly coming to seem, well, intolerable and new and improved forms of intolerance are everywhere on the rise, not least as embodied in the currently fashionable doctrines of diversity, inclusion and equality.

In ZAP, Gerard Casey presents a critical and unified approach to both free speech and tolerance based on the Zero Aggression Principle, keeping the critical discussion topical and grounded by reference to current events.

By: Gerard Casey
Imprint: Imprint Academic
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 210mm, Width: 135mm, Spine: 15mm
Weight: 300g
ISBN: 9781788360173
ISBN 10: 1788360176
Series: Societas
Pages: 180
Publication Date: 01 October 2019
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Gerard Casey is Professor Emeritus in the School of Philosophy at University College Dublin and Adjunct Scholar at the Ludwig von Mises Institute, Auburn, Alabama. Before his long tenure at University College Dublin, Professor Casey taught in the School of Philosophy at The Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C. His previous books include Libertarian Anarchy: Against the State (Continuum), Murray Rothbard (Vol. 15 of Major Conservative and Libertarian Thinkers: Continuum) and Born Alive: The Legal Status of the Unborn Child (Barry Rose).

Reviews for ZAP: Free Speech and Tolerance in the Light of the Zero Aggression Principle

With wit and lightly-worn learning Gerard Casey has exposed the crimes against free speech -- encouraged by bigoted or pusillanimous academics and identity politicians of all kinds on the make -- that threaten our very civilisation. What's more, he's provided the sane majority with a principled message to rally behind. It's time to prepare the banners and start chanting: 'My House, My Rules' and 'ZAP, ZAP, ZAP' Dr Ruth Dudley Edwards, historian and author