Freedom of Speech (Rights & Responsibilities)
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Freedom of Speech (Rights & Responsibilities)
Should this be taught in schools? How best to do it, as Freedom of Speech is a protected right, but everyone has a responsibility to protect that right so that others have a freedom of speech. Social media encourages division would this help counteract it?
(edited 6 months ago)
do you mean freedom of expression under the human rights act 1998, or wdym?
if that's what you mean, not everyone has the responsibility to protect it.
do you want law taught in schools? or moral obligations?
why would a school teach moral obligations to a legal responsibility one does not have?
maybe explain what you mean in the op?
if that's what you mean, not everyone has the responsibility to protect it.
do you want law taught in schools? or moral obligations?
why would a school teach moral obligations to a legal responsibility one does not have?
maybe explain what you mean in the op?
Yea do we even have freedom of speed as a protected right? 
I don’t think that the issue is freedom of speech (the lack of/right to it) but more that the freedom of speech is being applied inconsistently.
Moved to educational debate
Moved to educational debate
Original post by StriderHort
Yea do we even have freedom of speed as a protected right?
Yeah people seem to think that freedom of speech=freedom of consequences and that we have similar levels of freedom of speech to the USA whereby hate/any type of speech seems to indeed fall under freedom of speech unlike here in the UK.
Original post by Genesiss
do you mean freedom of expression under the human rights act 1998, or wdym?
if that's what you mean, not everyone has the responsibility to protect it.
do you want law taught in schools? or moral obligations?
why would a school teach moral obligations to a legal responsibility one does not have?
maybe explain what you mean in the op?
if that's what you mean, not everyone has the responsibility to protect it.
do you want law taught in schools? or moral obligations?
why would a school teach moral obligations to a legal responsibility one does not have?
maybe explain what you mean in the op?
Yes, moral obligations should be taught in schools. Universal Declaration of Human Rights could be covered too. I feel that people need to be aware of their Rights and Responsibilities, as at the moment everyone is aware of their Rights, but often fail to recognise or acknowledge that others also have those Rights.
see https://www.counselmagazine.co.uk/articles/balancing-rights-and-responsibilities
A good question. the ECHR protects freedom of thought and expression, and there are many challenges that threaten these. To what extent is freedom of thought compatible with mass misinformation and distortion of public debate? We all have freedom of speech as long as we're talking to ourselves in private, the pressing issue about freedom not to speak but to be heard. Someone who is 'de-platformed' isn't prevented from speaking, they're prevented from being heard. How should the freedom to be heard be balanced with other freedoms and rights, and how equally should it be distributed? Should your freedom to be heard depend on having powerful friends, on saying something trendy, on supporting the superrich who control resources, or perhaps on the merits of what you've got to say, or on something else? Or should freedom to be heard be equally distributed perhaps, so that everyone has their 15 minutes of fame to say their piece, and no more?
Original post by Talkative Toad
Yeah people seem to think that freedom of speech=freedom of consequences and that we have similar levels of freedom of speech to the USA whereby hate/any type of speech seems to indeed fall under freedom of speech unlike here in the UK.
PRSOM
all too often what we see are privileged white cisgender heterosexual males spouting evidence free bigotry as ' freedom of speech' and then kicking off when they get any push back
(edited 4 months ago)
Original post by Miss Pulford
PRSOM
all too often what we see are privileged white cisgender heterosexual males spouting evidence free bigotry as ' freedom of speech' and then kicking off when they get any push basck
all too often what we see are privileged white cisgender heterosexual males spouting evidence free bigotry as ' freedom of speech' and then kicking off when they get any push basck
That is true to some extent
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