Disciplines
Philosophy, Ethics, Religion (40%); Law (60%)
Keywords
Expression,
Hegel,
Freedom,
Wittgenstein,
Personality,
Fundamental Right
Abstract
Final report
The right to freedom of expression protects, as its inner side, the development of free personality. This project aims
to study the structure of the right to freedom of expression from a legal and a philosophical point of view.
The jurisdiction on freedom of expression has established that one of the pur-poses of this fundamental right,
besides its importance for the democratic insti-tutions, is to promote a free individual personality. This jurisdiction
presupposes or assumes a concept of free personality close to the theories expressed in the philosophy of Hegel. It
is possible to formulate the intentions of both Hegel and the courts along the guidelines of Wittgenstein`s thoughts
on psychological no-tions. Free personality can then be understood as forming part of our present common way of
life.
The right to freedom of expression protects, as its inner side, the development of free personality. This project aims
to study the structure of the right to freedom of expression from a legal and a philosophical point of view. The
jurisdiction on freedom of expression has established that one of the purposes of this fundamental right, besides its
importance for the democratic institutions, is to promote a free individual personality. This jurisdiction presupposes
or assumes a concept of free personality close to the theories expressed in the philosophy of Hegel. It is possible to
formulate the intentions of both Hegel and the courts along the guidelines of Wittgenstein`s thoughts on
psychological notions. Free personality can then be understood as forming part of our present common way of life.