This book offers a comprehensive exploration of free speech through diverse, thought-provoking articles from multiple disciplines, providing a nuanced understanding of the ongoing debate. Each of the articles emphasizes the critical importance of freedom of speech in democratic societies, highlighting its role in supporting open discourse. It notes that in today's rapidly changing technological and social environment, the boundaries of this right are often contested across various fields, including ethics, psychology, technology, and global politics.

Contents

Introduction: Speech Without Fear
Wyman Gonsalves

1. Universal Human Rights: Nature – Historical Excursus – Judeo-Christian Roots – Categories – Foundation
    Joaquim D’Souza

2. Examining the Freedom of Speech from an Ethical Perspective
    Ashley Miranda

3. The Fine Lines Between Freedoms: Analyzing the Interplay between Free Speech and Privacy
    Ian Pinto

4. Neurological Implications When Faced with Hindrance in Freedom of Speech
    Mavron Fernandes

5. Digital Age Challenges: Freedom of Expression in the Era of Social Media
    Robert Pen

6. The Freedom of Speech in Indian Subaltern Politics: A Philosophical Inquiry
    Nelson Mudaliar

7. Hate Speech and Incitement: Learning the Art of Balancing between Words that Wound and Freedom of Expression
    Jacob Palaparambil

Contributors

Wyman Gonsalves SDB, a Salesian priest belonging to the Province of St Francis Xavier, Mumbai, completed his Masters in Philosophy at Jnana Deepa Institute, Pune. He has specialised in the Philosophy of Nature, at the Salesian Pontifical University, Rome, with his Doctoral Thesis entitled “Towards a New Paradigm in the Understanding of Biodiversity Loss and its Impact on Socio Economic Progress in the Writings of Vandana Shiva,” which was later published as Green Mind Over Grey Matter: Ecological Perspectives to Global Environmental Crises (2018). Currently he is the Director of Novices in the Salesian Training Institute, Nashik, and a Lecturer of Cosmology in Divyadaan: Salesian Institute of Philosophy, Nashik.