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Obscenity and Film Censorship: An Abridgement of the Williams Report

By Bernard Williams

Book information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
2015
ISBN
1107113776, 9781107113770
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
940 kB (962305 bytes)
Series
Cambridge Philosophy Classics
Pages
234\234
Time added
2017-09-07 17:25:28
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Description

When it first appeared in 1979, the Williams Report on Obscenity and Film Censorship provoked strong reactions. The practical issues and political principles examined are of continuing interest and remain a crucial point of reference for discussions on obscenity and censorship. Presented in a fresh series livery for the twenty-first century, and with a specially commissioned preface written by Onora O'Neill, illuminating its continuing importance and relevance to philosophical enquiry, this abridged edition of Bernard Williams's Report presents all the main findings and arguments of the full report, central to which is the application of Mill's 'harm principle' and the conclusion that restrictions are out of place where no harm can be reasonably thought to be done.

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