Publications

Publication details [#3755]

Ginsberg, Robert. 1972. In favor of crying 'fire' in a crowded theatre. Southwestern Journal of Philosophy 3 : 91–98.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

appropriateness | social norm | speech act

Annotation

A summing up of eight arguments in favor of the right to cry 'fire!' in a crowded theatre: or, how complex the justification for speech acts can be. On the freedom of speech and its implications.

Reviewed by

Moore, John Bruce. 1975. On philosophizing about freedom of speech.