Resources
Imperial Essentials: Freedom of Speech and Academic Freedom
In this overview, we will introduce two foundational principles and freedoms that are essential to the integrity of our research, teaching and public engagement: Freedom of Speech and Academic Freedom.
Speak Freely, Think Critically: The Free Speech Balance Act from Deep Thinking Solutions
A self-taught course covering the importance of open discourse, free speech in the age of AI and social media, strategies for fostering understanding across divides, and engaging with different perspectives.
Heterodox Academy: All Minus One
Heterodox Academy has produced and published two editions of the illustrated book, All Minus One, based on John Stuart Mill’s famous essay, On Liberty. Both editions bring Mill’s work to life by making it accessible and relevant to modern readers, making the liberal democratic case for free speech and viewpoint diversity.
Constructive Dialogues Institute: Perspectives
The Constructive Dialogues Institute's Perspectives programme consists of six lessons which help learners develop the mindset and skills essential for engaging in constructive dialogue across differences.
Book: Free Speech: a history from Socrates to Social Media by Jacob Mchangama
Jacob Mchangama traces the long, contested history of free speech, beginning with its origins in classical Athens, revealing how the free exchange of knowledge and ideas underlies all scientific and literary achievement, and outlining how it has enabled the advancement of civil rights across the globe. Mchangama argues freedom of speech has far more often served the cause of the oppressed than the cause of the oppressors, and demonstrates how much humanity has gained from this essential principle - and how much we stand to lose if we allow it to erode.
Book: The War On Words: 10 Arguments Against Free Speech - And Why They Fail by Greg Lukianoff and Nadine Strossen
Lukianoff and Strossen offer a defence in the face of attempts from both the political left and right to limit individual expression and threaten the exercise of viewpoint diversity.