[claudiawerner]

There's quite a strong criticism of how our principle of freedom of speech (as opposed to 'freedom of action') is built upon a Cartesian mind-body dualism written by Susan Brison (no book published, as far as I'm aware) building off the American legal and philosophical theory of Fred Schauer. I don't have links at hand at the moment, but it was an interesting read, as she argues that this 'Cartesian mistake' points out a glaring hole in the justification for a special constitutional amendment to freedom of speech.

Edit: I found a draft from 2018, but the author asks for it not to be cited. It was published earlier this year, as: "Free Speech Skepticism". Susan J. Brison. Kennedy Institute of Ethics Journal, Volume 31, Number 2, June 2021

[inostia]

Very interesting. I hadn’t actually thought about the _legalistic_ consequences of Cartesian dualism, but it’s a fascinating thought. Applied to free speech that’s a very unique problem - I’ll have to take a look. Thanks.