by Nigel Warburton · Gradiva · tapa blanda · ISBN 9789896166458
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«Liberdade de Expressão» is the philosophical essay by Nigel Warburton published by Gradiva in paperback (132 pages, in Portuguese).
The book analyses whether freedom of speech should be total or have limits, reviewing the arguments for and against this right. It includes cases such as Holocaust denial or pornography, and reflects on the challenges that the internet and digital technology pose to democracy.
Work originally published in 2009 as «Free Speech: A Very Short Introduction». The Portuguese edition belongs to the Filosofia Aberta collection.
For general readers and students or teachers of philosophy who want an accessible introduction to a central debate of democratic societies.
Nigel Warburton is a British philosopher. He is best known as a populariser of philosophy, having written a number of books in the genre, but he has also written academic works in aesthetics and applied ethics.
