Censorship : [electronic resource] opposing viewpoints / Lisa Orr, book editor.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 230-232) and index.

Presents opposing viewpoints about various aspects of censorship and freedom of speech. Includes critical thinking skill activities and a list of organizations to contact.

Speech should be limited / Rod Davis -- Speech should not be limited / American Civil Liberties Union -- Censoring obscene music is justified / John Leo -- Censoring obscene music is not justified / Clarence Page -- The government should restrict funding of objectionable art / Jesse Helms -- Restricting art funding is censorship / Robert Brustein -- Freedom of the press must be unlimited / Mario M. Cuomo -- Freedom of the press must be limited / John C. Merrill -- Broadcasting should be regulated / The Spotlight -- Broadcasting should not be regulated / John Fund -- Libel laws should be strengthened / Michael Ledeen -- Libel laws should not be strengthened / Lois G. Forer -- National security justifies censorship / Elmo R. Zumwalt & James G. Zumwalt -- National security does not justify censorship / Joseph C. Spear -- Security leaks to the press should be punished / Michael Ledeen -- Security leaks to the press should not be punished / CBS, Inc., The Washington Post, ... [et al.] -- Library censorship is justified / Will Manley -- Library censorship is not justified / Peter Scales -- Libraries should reflect majority values / Phyllis Schlafly -- Libraries should reflect diverse views / American Library Association -- Colleges should censor racist speech / Darryl Brown -- Colleges should not censor racist speech / Nat Hentoff -- America's textbooks are censored in favor of the left / William F. Jasper -- America's textbooks are censored in favor of the right / John H. Buchanan -- The First Amendment should protect pornography / Geoffrey R. Stone -- The First Amendment should not protect pornography / Alan E. Sears -- The feminist case for censoring pornography / Andrea Dworkin -- The feminist case against censoring pornography / Barbara Dority -- The harm pornography causes justifies censorship / Deana Pollard -- Harm does not justify censoring pornography / Alan Wolfe.