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ERIC Number: EJ621834
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2001
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ISSN: ISSN-0024-2519
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A Utilitarian Case for Intellectual Freedom in Libraries.
Doyle, Tony
Library Quarterly, v71 n1 p44-71 Jan 2001
Outlines the history of censorship and intellectual and expressive freedom in American libraries; discusses the two main types of ethical theory, utilitarianism and deontology; and maintains that libraries have a special role to play in promoting unconditional intellectual freedom. (Author/LRW)
Descriptors: Censorship, Ethics, Intellectual Freedom, Libraries, Library Role
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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