La libertad de expresión en el mercado de las ideas

Abstract

The article presents a historical and critical reflection of the theoretical and cultural premises of the key principle of liberalism, freedom of expression, its developments and the current challenges that challenge it. From the exposition of the three main elements (a belief in the sacredness of the vocation of the press and of communication in general as a vehicle for public enlightenment, a stoic and humanist vision of the human mind and the duties of the citizen, and a philosophy of history according to which the error will eventually lead to truth and evil will produce good), the author exposes the problems he considers decisive in the near future: forgetting classical antiquity and the elegant notion of the citizen-soldier (linked to the decadence of the culture of the printing press); loss of confidence in moral progress; the globalization; the transformation of media infrastructure and communication; the resurgence of religion.