Should hate speech be banned? This article contends that the debate on this question must
be disaggregated into discrete analytical stages, lest its participants continue to talk past one
another. The first concerns the scope of the moral right to freedom of expression, and
whether hate speech falls within the right's protective ambit. If it does, hate speech bans are
necessarily unjust. If not, we turn to the second stage, which assesses whether speakers
have moral duties to refrain from hate speech. The article canvasses several possible duties …