Includes bibliographical references (p. 205-211) and index.

Free speech and the social technologies of democracy, scientific inquiry and the free market / Richard Barron Parker -- Hate speech in the marketplace of ideas / Steven P. Lee -- The "marketplace of ideas" : a siren song for freedom of speech theorists / Jonathan Schonsheck -- A Kantian conception of free speech / Helga Varden -- Free speech, equal opportunity, and justice / Alistair M. Macleod -- Is it immoral to prohibit sexually harassing speech in the classroom? / Thomas Peard -- The morality of using "nigger" / Rodney C. Roberts -- Incitement to genocide and the Rwanda media case / Larry May -- Hijabs and headwraps : the case for tolerance / Anita L. Allen -- "Conspicuous" religious symbols and laïcité / Christine T. Sistare -- When free speech meets free association : the case of the Boy Scouts / Emily R. Gill -- Oaths and the Pledge of Allegiance : freedom of expression and the right to be silent / Kenneth Henley -- Speaking freely / Wade L. Robison -- Social institutions, transgendered lives, and the scope of free expression / Richard Nunan.