Do “the ignorant” have a right to an audience? According to a New York Times opinion article, the answer is no. But is this right? Watch Steve Simpson and Onkar Ghate discuss this article and address core aspects of free speech.
Student protests, disinvited speakers, and cancelled debates have become commonplaces on college campuses. Do people who hold controversial or wrong views have a right to speak on college campuses?
Philosopher Bryan Van Norden, in a New York Times opinion article titled “The Ignorant Do Not Have a Right to an Audience,” argues that no, there is no such right to speak on college campuses. Is it right that stupid opinions are treated with the same respect as intelligent ones? Is it worth finding out what “both sides” of an issue are? These are some of the questions that Van Norden addresses—but there is more than one way in which to interpret his answers, and that is what makes this piece so interesting.
Two of the Ayn Rand Institute’s experts, Onkar Ghate and Steve Simpson, sat down to discuss this article at length, and among other questions they explored: Is Van Norden right when he says that “the ignorant do not have a right to an audience”? Is his general understanding of freedom of speech correct? Does he make a distinction between private property and public spaces as they pertain to free speech?
Watch the video to find out Onkar Ghate’s and Steve Simpson’s opinions about the good, the bad, and the mixed in the article, and to discover many other illuminating insights into the crucial issue of freedom of speech—a little-understood ideal that ARI has been championing for decades.
"THE IGNORANT DO NOT HAVE A RIGHT TO AN AUDIENCE" BY BRYAN VAN NORDEN
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Student protests, disinvited speakers, and cancelled debates have become commonplaces on college campuses. Do people who hold controversial or wrong views have a right to speak on college campuses?
Philosopher Bryan Van Norden, in a New York Times opinion article titled “The Ignorant Do Not Have a Right to an Audience,” argues that no, there is no such right to speak on college campuses. Is it right that stupid opinions are treated with the same respect as intelligent ones? Is it worth finding out what “both sides” of an issue are? These are some of the questions that Van Norden addresses—but there is more than one way in which to interpret his answers, and that is what makes this piece so interesting.
Two of the Ayn Rand Institute’s experts, Onkar Ghate and Steve Simpson, sat down to discuss this article at length, and among other questions they explored: Is Van Norden right when he says that “the ignorant do not have a right to an audience”? Is his general understanding of freedom of speech correct? Does he make a distinction between private property and public spaces as they pertain to free speech?
Watch the video to find out Onkar Ghate’s and Steve Simpson’s opinions about the good, the bad, and the mixed in the article, and to discover many other illuminating insights into the crucial issue of freedom of speech—a little-understood ideal that ARI has been championing for decades.
"THE IGNORANT DO NOT HAVE A RIGHT TO AN AUDIENCE" BY BRYAN VAN NORDEN
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/25/op...
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ARI offers educational experiences, based on Ayn Rand's books and ideas, to a variety of audiences, including students, educators, policymakers and lifelong learners. ARI also engages in research and advocacy efforts, applying Rand's ideas to current issues and seeking to promote her philosophical principles of reason, rational self-interest and laissez-faire capitalism. We invite you to explore how Ayn Rand viewed the world — and to consider the distinctive insights offered by ARI's experts today.
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