Title: Head-To-Head: Should there be limits on freedom of speech? | University Observer
Headings: Head-To-Head: Should there be limits on freedom of speech?
Head-To-Head: Should there be limits on freedom of speech?
Content: German philosopher Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel discussed the relationship between a triad of ideas called the Thesis, Antithesis, and Synthesis. In this school of thought, we begin with a proposition (the Thesis). Then, a conflicting or negating concept is introduced (the Antithesis). From the conflict between these two ideas, a new reconciliatory proposition is born (the Synthesis).Applying this logic to free speech, even when a controversial debate flares up, both sides will benefit, as even the winning opinion will be changed and reformed for the better through being challenged. When we restrict freedom of speech, we do ourselves a disservice by denying ourselves the opportunity to refine and improve our own viewpoints through challenging, and being challenged, by the opposing worldviews of others. [ br] REBUTTAL (For) - Julia O'Reilly WHILE it is indeed true that free speech is crucial in any democracy, placing limits are just as important. We need certain restrictions on free speech in order for our society to