Obscenity and Film Censorship: An Abridgement of the Williams Report

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An Abridgement of the Williams Report

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Edited by Bernard Williams

Publisher:: Cambridge University Press
Online publication date:: November 2015
Print publication year:: 2015
Online ISBN:: 9781316286753
DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781316286753

Subjects:: Philosophy: General Interest, Legal Philosophy, Philosophy, Political Philosophy
Series:: Cambridge Philosophy Classics

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When it first appeared in 1979, the Williams Report on Obscenity and Film Censorship provoked strong reactions. The practical issues and political principles examined are of continuing interest and remain a crucial point of reference for discussions on obscenity and censorship. Presented in a fresh series livery for the twenty-first century, and with a specially commissioned preface written by Onora O'Neill, illuminating its continuing importance and relevance to philosophical enquiry, this abridged edition of Bernard Williams's Report presents all the main findings and arguments of the full report, central to which is the application of Mill's 'harm principle' and the conclusion that restrictions are out of place where no harm can be reasonably thought to be done.

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Frontmatter
pp i-iv

Contents
pp v-viii

Preface to this edition
pp ix-x

Preface
pp xi-xiv

Part 1 - Background
pp 1-2

1 - The Committee's task
pp 3-13

2 - The present law
pp 14-29

3 - The censorship of films
pp 30-45

4 - The situation
pp 46-66

Part 2 - Principles
pp 67-68

5 - Law, morality and the freedom of expression
pp 69-82

6 - Harms?
pp 83-125

7 - Offensiveness
pp 126-135

8 - Pornography, obscenity and art
pp 136-146

Part 3 - Proposals
pp 147-148

9 - The restriction of publications
pp 149-172

10 - The prohibition of publications
pp 173-182

11 - Live entertainment
pp 183-189

12 - Films
pp 190-211

13 - Summary of our proposals
pp 212-219

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