Conversational Exercitives and the Force of Pornography

Many theorists, such as Catharine MacKinnon, argue that certain forms of speech currently protected under the First Amendment (e.g., pornography) ought to be prohibited. Theorist Rae Langton defends the coherence of MacKinnon's claims by offering a speech act analysis of pornography. McGowan pr...

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Published inPhilosophy & public affairs Vol. 31; no. 2; pp. 155 - 189
Main Author McGOWAN, MARY KATE
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Oxford, UK Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.04.2003
Princeton University Press
Princeton University
Blackwell
Subjects
Causality
Children
Conversational language
Discrimination
Economics. Civilization. Education
Feminist Theory
Freedom of Speech
Jokes
Langton, Rae
MacKinnon, Catharine
Necessary conditions
Philosophical analysis
Philosophy
Pornography
Pornography & obscenity
Presuppositions
Prohibition
Racism
Saliency
Speech
Speech acts
Theoretical Problems
Theory
Wordplay
Speech Act
Illocutionary Act
Feminism
Authority
Lewis (D.)
Harm
Austin (J. L.)
Conversation
Pornography
Racism
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Summary:Many theorists, such as Catharine MacKinnon, argue that certain forms of speech currently protected under the First Amendment (e.g., pornography) ought to be prohibited. Theorist Rae Langton defends the coherence of MacKinnon's claims by offering a speech act analysis of pornography. McGowan presents five challenges to Langton's analysis of pornography.
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for helpful comments on earlier drafts. I also thank members of the Workshop on Gender and Philosophy at MIT and the audience at my Women in Philosophy talk at Harvard University where I presented this paper. Finally, I thank the American Association of University Women for the research leave enabling my work on this project among others.
I thank David Lewis, Sally Haslanger, Rae Langton, and the Editors of
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ISSN:0048-3915
1088-4963
DOI:10.1111/j.1088-4963.2003.00155.x