Free Speech and Intellectual Diversity in Higher Education

Paul Carrese is the founding director of the School of Civic and Economic Thought and Leadership at Arizona State University. Carol McNamara is the associate director for public programs for the School of Civic and Economic Thought and Leadership at Arizona State University. James R. Stoner, Jr. is the Hermann Moyse, Jr., Professor and Director of the Eric Voegelin Institute in the Department of Political Science at Louisiana State University.

• Part I: The Concept of Free Speech in Law and Higher EducationChapter 1: The Classic First Amendment Tradition Under Stress: Freedom of Speech and the University by Robert C. PostChapter 2: Free Speech on Campus: A Challenge of Our Times by Geoffrey R. StoneChapter 3: From Skokie to Charlottesville: Free Speech, Moral Leadership, and the Line between Tolerating and Condoning Speech by Ulrich BaerChapter 4: The First Amendment and Academic Freedom: Principles, Law, and Politics by Donald Alexander DownsPart II: Free Inquiry on Campus: PhilosophyChapter 5: The Value of Free Speech by Harvey C. MansfieldChapter 6: What Is Free Speech For? By Daniel CullenChapter 7: Free Speech and Liberal Education by Norma ThompsonChapter 8: Was John Stuart Mill Right about Freedom of Speech? By James R. Stoner, Jr.Part III: Free Inquiry on Campus: The Current LandscapeChapter 9: The Age of Outrage: What the Current Political Climate Is Doing to Our Country and Our Universities by Jonathan HaidtChapter 1

“This extraordinary collection, which illuminates both the importance of free inquiry and the complexity of the university’s role in contemporary American life, is a model of how to shed light rather than just heat on a controversial subject. Its breadth and depth make it simply essential reading.”