The popularity of conspiracy theories poses a clear challenge for contemporary liberal
democracies. Conspiracy theories undermine rational debate, spread dangerous …

In the aftermath of the 'Brexit'referendum two pieces of campaign material used by the
successful Leave campaign proved controversial: a slogan on the side of a bus fallaciously …

This paper critiques the version of the argument that the regulation of hateful speech by the
state undermines its democratic legitimacy made by Ronald Dworkin and James Weinstein …

Within the global phenomenon of the (re) emergence of religion into issues of public debate,
one of the most salient issues confronting contemporary Muslim societies is how to relate the …

This provocation engages with the often-overlooked role of centrism in the mainstreaming of
the far-right, and how they are bridged by the populist right. There are three key mechanisms …

Freedom of speech is never very far away from political controversy. In recent years, the rise
of populism, the 'cancel culture'phenomenon, and online hate attacks are among the …

This article explores the implications of John Rawls' political liberalism for linguistic diversity
and language policy, by focusing on the following question: what kind (s) of equality …

This article investigates the relationshipbetweenpopular sovereignty, populism, and
deliberative democracy. My main thesis is that populisms resurrect the polemical dimension …

Political liberals believe that compliance with a norm of public reason facilitates the
realization of cooperation and civic friendship among cocitizens. However, a develo** …

In the works of Kant and Rawls, we find an acute sensibility to the pre-eminent importance of
freedom of speech. Both authors defend free speech in democratic societies as a private …