Ethics: Freedom of Expression
Table of Contents
1.0 Freedom of Expression: Introduction.......................................................................... pg. 1
2.0 Controlling Access to Information on the Internet.....................................................…pg. 2 2.1 Case: Communication Decency Act 2.2 Case: Child Online Protection Act 2.3 Case: Internet Filtering 2.4 Case: Cybercrime Prevention Act of 2012 2.5 Ethical Dilemma and Group Conclusion
3.0 Anonymity on the Internet 3.1 Ethical Dilemma and Group Conclusion
4.0 Defamation and Hate Speech 4.1 Case: Cybercrime Prevention Act of 2012
5.0 Corporate Blogging 5.1 Ethical Dilemma and Group Conclusion
6.0 Pornography 6.1 Ethical Dilemma and Group Conclusion
7.0 Bibliography
1.0 Freedom of Expression : Introduction
“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press, or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances” reads the First Amendment. For a capitalist society of the likes of the Americas, the freedom of its citizens deserves no less importance than what the constitution gives to it -- it is, after all, the land of the free. But what makes freedom so important to this nation? Why put so much importance into this one trait? Merriam - Webster defines the word freedom as:
“the absence of necessity, coercion, or constraint in choice or action”
In other words, a free man is a man who could do anything he so pleases to do -- anything. Therefore, if every person on earth was free, as defined, a person could steal whatever he or she pleases or murder in the name of rage or spite. Society could be plunged into simple, disorganized chaos due to the abuse of free will. To prevent this from happening, laws were agreed upon and enacted as a people’s consensus in order to prevent this sort of disaster from
1.0 Freedom of Expression: Introduction.......................................................................... pg. 1
2.0 Controlling Access to Information on the Internet.....................................................…pg. 2 2.1 Case: Communication Decency Act 2.2 Case: Child Online Protection Act 2.3 Case: Internet Filtering 2.4 Case: Cybercrime Prevention Act of 2012 2.5 Ethical Dilemma and Group Conclusion
3.0 Anonymity on the Internet 3.1 Ethical Dilemma and Group Conclusion
4.0 Defamation and Hate Speech 4.1 Case: Cybercrime Prevention Act of 2012
5.0 Corporate Blogging 5.1 Ethical Dilemma and Group Conclusion
6.0 Pornography 6.1 Ethical Dilemma and Group Conclusion
7.0 Bibliography
1.0 Freedom of Expression : Introduction
“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press, or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances” reads the First Amendment. For a capitalist society of the likes of the Americas, the freedom of its citizens deserves no less importance than what the constitution gives to it -- it is, after all, the land of the free. But what makes freedom so important to this nation? Why put so much importance into this one trait? Merriam - Webster defines the word freedom as:
“the absence of necessity, coercion, or constraint in choice or action”
In other words, a free man is a man who could do anything he so pleases to do -- anything. Therefore, if every person on earth was free, as defined, a person could steal whatever he or she pleases or murder in the name of rage or spite. Society could be plunged into simple, disorganized chaos due to the abuse of free will. To prevent this from happening, laws were agreed upon and enacted as a people’s consensus in order to prevent this sort of disaster from