Freedom Of Speech

Freedom of Speech Over the years there have been several arguments over the debate of the freedom of speech. The act of speaking without censorship uplifts ethical implications that determine levels of humanity. According to The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) the right to freedom of speech is recognized as a social human right. Article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights which was adopted in 1948 also clearly states: “Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontier”. This statement entitles the importance that the freedom of speech has upon moral and ethical values. Due to the Theory of Knowledge, Moral Relativism and Duty Ethics provide two different principled viewpoints relating to possible limitations of freedom of speech. Throughout the larger society, Moral Relativism has been classified as personal beliefs that are distinguished due to cultural perceptions. Some core institutions create objective values surrounded by the ideal of tolerance. Free speech is key to being closest to an accurate perception of what is moral and what is not since it approaches both sides of an issue. The theory of relativism also implies a universal constant that supports moral justifications. In the mind of a Moral relativist they strongly believe that all systems of morality are equally valid and generally claim knowledge as a feature of reality. So in correlation to the freedom of speech they would believe that everything must be relative because moral relativism is essential to a “democracy”. Relativists strongly honor free speech and the exchange of free ideas. Due to the fact that there are so many opinions they don’t criticize on what is right and/or wrong because there are a diversity of answers. One Moral relativist once said “If we focus only on the