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Cases like these are often the place where absolute believers in free speech part company with those who make community standards their highest value. The former have opposed hate speech codes prohibiting the expression of racist and anti-semitic opinions, on the grounds that the principle of a university is...
THE FUNDAMENTAL distinction to be made is between freedom of speech and freedom of self-expression. John Stuart Mill, the most eloquent defender of freedom of speech, outlined the basic reasons why it is a good that a civilized community (such as a university) should pursue.
In the one-page letter, Rudenstine said he hopes to protect freedom of expression while building a community free of intimidating and harassment.
However, he said, statements made "in a more general way" fall into the realm of freedom of expression and thus must be protected, even if they are offensive to some members of the community. To attempt to censor such speech, Rudenstine said, would be "totally inappropriate.
The statement represents Rudenstine's first entry into the debate over free speech that has taken place on campuses across the country during the last few years. Last year, former President Derek C. Bok issued a similar letter on freedom of expression after a Kirkland resident's display of the...