While there is much debate about censorship, there is little work in the philosophical literature on the concept itself. In this chapter I try to fill in this gap by providing a definition of censorship. I propose that censorship is quot;restricting or limiting access to an expression, portion...

Previous literature has talked extensively about the relationship between a free (independent) press and corruption. A free press ameliorates corruption levels in a country by acting as a watchdog and making the government more transparent and accountable to the masses. Another strand of...

Seit Mao Zedongs Nachfolger Deng Xiaoping (politischer Führer Chinas von 1976 bis 1990) das Reich der Mitte Ende der siebziger Jahre wieder für die Außenwelt öffnete, wächst und wächst das Land. Doch wächst mit dem zunehmenden wirtschaftlichen Wohlstand und der Weiterentwicklung auch die...