Open AccessDet demokratiske argument for absolut ytringsfrihed
Author(s) -
Sune Lægaard
Publication year - 2014
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2446-0893
DOI - 10.7146/politik.v17i1.27565
Subject(s) - argument (complex analysis) , legitimacy , precondition , democracy , free speech , limiting , law and economics , democratic legitimacy , political science , epistemology , law , sociology , philosophy , computer science , politics , engineering , mechanical engineering , biochemistry , chemistry , programming language
The article considers the claim that absolute freedom of speech is a necessary precondition for democratic legitimacy based on a reconstruction of an argument o ered by Ronald Dworkin. e question is why free speech should be a precondition for democratic legitimacy and why it should be so extensive that hate speech laws limiting free speech should be rejected? e article accounts for the concepts of legitimacy and democracy, analyses the legitimacy argument for free speech, and discusses a number of problems with it.