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Draft manuscript / legal essay / book excerpt
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Summary
This document appears to be a page (131) from a draft manuscript or book, dated April 2, 2012. The author discusses the philosophy of legal codes regarding speech, arguing against retroactive discipline. The author recounts co-teaching a course on 'Taboo' with Professor Steven Pinker in 2007, exploring the boundaries of free speech, societal taboos versus government censorship, and national security secrets.
People (2)
| Name | Role | Context |
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| Author | Narrator/Professor |
Teaches law or philosophy, co-taught a course with Steven Pinker in 2007. (Context suggests likely Alan Dershowitz ba...
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| Steven Pinker | Professor |
Co-taught a university-wide course on the issue of Taboo with the author in 2007; presented evolutionary and psycholo...
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Organizations (2)
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| Congress |
Mentioned in the context of the First Amendment and making laws banning disclosure of secrets.
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| House Oversight Committee |
Indicated by the document stamp 'HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_017218'.
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General setting for the course discussed.
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Relationships (1)
In 2007, I taught a university-wide course with Professor Steven Pinker
Key Quotes (6)
"The virtue of a code is that it completely occupies the area of sanctions."Source
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"It is far better to have rules regulating speech that are underinclusive than overinclusive."Source
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"In 2007, I taught a university-wide course with Professor Steven Pinker on the issue of Taboo."Source
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"In our course, we searched for a theory of taboo – a description or prescription of genres of expression that lay outside the presumption of discussability..."Source
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"Congress must have the power to make some laws banning the disclosure of some secrets for some time."Source
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"The struggle to strike this delicate balance never stays won."Source
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