Daniel Klein, Economics Professor and Director of the Adam Smith Program, was interviewed on the New Enlightenment podcast hosted by Adam Dixon, the Adam Smith Chair at Panmure House. Professor Klein shared his perspective on hate, hate speech laws, hate crime laws, and Adam Smith.
Podcast summary: "Klein explains how hate belongs to Adam Smith’s system of moral sentiments. Disliking and fervent disliking—hate—are essential. But also essential is that such ‘unsocial’ passions be moderated more than their positive counterparts, liking and love. This truth, Klein suggests, is being weaponised with hate speech laws and hate crime laws. He draws on the legal philosopher Heidi Hurd to contend that such laws are anti-liberal."
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