According to Gerald Uelmen, who wrote on the Santa Clara University site about speech codes, “the most fundamental argument against hate speech codes rests on the idea that they violate a fundamental human right, freedom of speech. Such a fundamental right, it is argued, should not be limited except to prevent serious harm to others.” Libel can be described as a cause of serious harm and therefore is banned. However, campuses restrict opinion that is often offensive, but does not cause serious harm to others, in order to prevent hate speech. Additionally, students who have reasonable yet independent views will be frightened to speak in their classes because of the consequences they will receive from disobeying the speech codes in their university (Uelmen). Therefore, a university should listen to all opinions to maximize their diversity of
According to Gerald Uelmen, who wrote on the Santa Clara University site about speech codes, “the most fundamental argument against hate speech codes rests on the idea that they violate a fundamental human right, freedom of speech. Such a fundamental right, it is argued, should not be limited except to prevent serious harm to others.” Libel can be described as a cause of serious harm and therefore is banned. However, campuses restrict opinion that is often offensive, but does not cause serious harm to others, in order to prevent hate speech. Additionally, students who have reasonable yet independent views will be frightened to speak in their classes because of the consequences they will receive from disobeying the speech codes in their university (Uelmen). Therefore, a university should listen to all opinions to maximize their diversity of