In Defence of Freedom of Speech and Against the Publication of Certain Cartoons

• Main Author: Hedges, Paul
• Other Authors: S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies
• Format: Working Paper
• Language: English
• Published: 2015
• Subjects: DRNTU::Social sciences::Political science
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/80960; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/38976
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

This paper explores the concept of freedom of speech, as it relates to religion, focusing on recent European examples of tensions that surface secular mores and Islamic sensibilities, primarily the Charlie Hebdo incident. This paper argues that while offence to others does not breech free speech,...