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Charles Jaigu: "Transgression, against all odds"

2021-05-01T09:34:32.762Z


CHRONICLE - The philosopher Monique Canto-Sperber defends freedom of expression despite the social networks that suffocate it. The sting of provocation remains the indispensable aid of democracy.


Freedom of expression is in the spotlight. It provokes an abundance of exegesis. She readily lends herself to the great essay. Thesis: freedom of expression is a common good of democracies. Antithesis: insult, defamation, incitement to violence form an objective limit. But, to this limit, some add subjective limits. The appreciation of these limits is in part a matter for the judge. Friends of the limit believe that they are all the more necessary in a society that has become multicultural. Self-censorship is better than the war of words. Friends of liberty shy away from such casuistry. Limiting this freedom - apart from the call to hatred - is to accept social control by such or such a minority: the ultrareligious, who do not want blasphemy; the ultraprogressists,who do not want machismo; the ultra-decolonialists, who do not want “white privilege”.

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Source: lefigaro

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