The reasons that free speech must be paramount among the intrinsic rights. There is no difference between free speech and free thought, for starters, and without free thought, it is impossible to know oneself or the world. Full description.
“This talk focuses on the reasons that the right to free speech must be considered in some sense paramount among the intrinsic rights, rather than merely one value among many. There is no difference between free speech and free thought, for starters, and without free thought, it is impossible to know oneself or the world.” ~ Jordan Peterson
Jordan Peterson of the Department of Psychology, University of Toronto speaks at the AGM of the Society for Academic Freedom and Scholarship on Why Freedom of Speech is Not Just Another Value.
Professor Peterson is introduced by Dr. Mark Mercer of the Philosophy Department of St. Mary’s University and President of SAFS.
The event was held on May 13, 2017, at the University of Western Ontario in London, Ontario and recorded exclusively by Just Right Media. The video was originally published on July 18, 2017.