Shockey‚ K. (2016). Intellectual Freedom Is Not Social Justice. Progressive Librarian‚ (44)‚ 101-110. Kyle Shockey is a Resource Description Specialist at the American University. His article discusses academic freedom and its relationship to the LIS Curriculum. He begins by discussing Professor Steven Salatia losing his tenured position at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign after the professor used Twitter to criticize the Israel Defense Force during the summer of 2014. Given that
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The Charter of Rights and Freedom and its Affect on Canada The Charter of Rights and Freedoms is a bill of rights granted constitutional status that was introduced in the Constitution Act of 1982 by Prime Minister Pierre Elliot Trudeau. The Constitution Act is also known as the repatriation of the Canadian Constitution. The Charter had several purposes; the first is “to outline and guarantee the political rights of Canadian citizens‚ as well as the civil rights of anyone who is residing on the
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NO‚ THANKSGET THE APP Does freedom of speech give people the right to use hate speech? Luke Mercer 5A1 Luke Mercer 5A1 Does freedom of speech give People the right to use hate speech? What is ‘freedom of speech’ and why is it important in our modern day society? Freedom of speech is the right‚ guaranteed by the first
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Hook: How much do you value your freedom? How would you feel if where ever you go‚ there are always restrictions being made stopping you from doing or saying whatever you want‚ even if you had every single right to do so? (Back Ground Info) Claim: As young people our freedom of speech should not be limited because It is a natural right‚ we must be allowed our individuality‚ and what we do off campus should be our own personal business. 1) (Topic Sentence): Speech is God’s gift to mankind
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121‚ 9:30am April 7‚ 2011 Summary of “Protecting Freedom of Expression on the Campus” In “Protecting Freedom of Expression on the Campus”‚ the author‚ Derek Bok shows how expressing yourself falls under the First Amendment‚ whether it is on a private college campus or public college campus. He further explains that just because it is protected by law does not mean that it is “right‚ proper‚ or civil. Bok goes on to show how censoring freedom of speech would cause people to “test the limits” to
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Restricting free speech for the sake of free speech - Can speech ‘silence’‚ if so should it be restricted? A Introduction Freedom of speech is almost universally endorsed in western-liberal countries. Literally‚ speech refers only to the communication of thoughts in spoken words but more widely interpreted the concept also includes publications‚ television and the like. The intuitive idea of how to promote free speech is to allow more speech. Therefore‚ proponents of free speech oppose
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Historical‚ Social and Political Issues in the movie FREEDOM WRITERS The thorough presentation of a well researched context in the film provided the environment for priming the viewers on the concept of belonging which was highlighted in the film. This grounded the film and prepared the viewers on the film’s main focus. Through the brief but meaningful snippets of what happened during the trial of Rodney King‚ the viewers were introduced to the conflict used in the film that surfaced and distinctly
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The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms guarantees political rights to all Canadian citizens and civil liberties for all people in Canada. Section 2 of the Canadian Charter lays out the fundamental freedoms for all people in Canada which includes the freedom of religion. In this paper‚ it will be shown that every person in Canada has the right to practice their freedom and religion and if they feel as if their riht is infringed they can challenge the issue in the courts. It will be shown that
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Mill’s Definition of Freedom John Locke believes that man ought to have more freedom in political society than John Stuart Mill does. John Locke’s The Second Treatise of Government and John Stuart Mill’s On Liberty are influential and potent literary works which while outlining the conceptual framework of each thinkers ideal state present two divergent visions of the very nature of man and his freedom. John Locke and John Stuart Mill have different views regarding how much freedom man ought to have
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The Sense of Responsibility Can Change Students The story of “Freedom Writers” was set in Long Beach. Erin was a new teacher who believed the way to stop racial hatred is to change the young’s minds. The students in the school where she worked divided into four camps: whites‚ Latinos‚ Cambodians‚ and blacks. Every group hated each other. Erin wanted to change this condition and wanted everyone to change. In fact‚ she did it. Now here is question. Why Erin could do something that others did not finish
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