Freedom of speech - Rationale Magazine

29 May

What gives you the right to an opinion?

29/05/2025
By Ian Robinson
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Opinions loom large in the contemporary world. They inform people's behaviour. They lead to actions which seriously affect both individ...

28 Nov

Law & Politics

Why regulating speech is an ethical minefield

28/11/2024
By Hugh Breakey
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Misinformation and disinformation are major concerns worldwide. The federal government’s misinformation bill aimed to res...

10 Oct

Law & Politics

It’s time to take a stand against far-right politics

10/10/2024
By Matthe Sharpe
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Political operatives on the far right have long spoken about their ambition to shift the “Overton window”. The aim is to ...

14 Jan

Philosophy & Psychology

Talking together in the ‘big tent’ of free speech

14/01/2024
By John Corvino
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People often extol the virtue of open-mindedness, but can there be too much of a good thing? As a college dean, I regularly o...

28 Aug

Law & Politics

The new threat to freedom of expression

30/08/2023
By David James
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The federal government is moving to ban what it calls ‘disinformation’ and ‘misinformation’ in an initiative similar to legislative mov...

24 Apr

Law & Politics

Our duty to laugh in the face of tyrants

24/04/2023
By Tama Matheson
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Autocracies are very serious places. They have to be. Their power is founded on an absurdity – the assertion that one person or ideolog...

09 Mar

Law & Politics

Taking a critical look at cancel culture

10/03/2023
By Alan Petersen
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The recent decision of the major law firm MinterEllison to sever ties with the Adelaide Festival because it invited two Palestin...

12 Jan

Feature series

You can’t say that: The knotty problem of free speech

12/01/2023
By James Fodor
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This article is part of our ‘From the vault’ series of summer reading. It was originally published in the Autumn 2017 edition of Austra...

15 Oct

Law & Politics

The need for caution when prioritising employers’ values over individuals’ rights

15/10/2022
By Hugh Harris
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Many would see the removal of Andrew Thorburn from his position as a victory for progressive values over intolerance. While this messy ...

22 Sep

Philosophy & Psychology

Salman Rushdie and freedom of speech

22/09/2022
By Paul Monk
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Salman Rushdie was assailed by 24-year-old Muslim fanatic Hadi Matar on 12 August as he was about to give a public lecture in New York....

19 Sep

Law & Politics

‘Not my king’: Protesting the monarchy at a time of mourning

During the present period of mourning for Queen Elizabeth II, public sensitivities in the United Kingdom and Australia are high. There’...

11 Apr

Philosophy & Psychology

Je Suis Mill

14/01/2024
By Paul Monk
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This is an edited extract from a dinner speech to the Liberal Club of the University of Melbourne, delivered on 10 December 2021 Abo...

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