Communication and Libertarianism

Pavel Slutskiy is an associate professor in Public Relations. He was born in Saint-Petersburg, Russia, where he earned his PhD in Political Science from Saint-Petersburg State University. Since 2014, he has worked in the Faculty of Communication Arts at Chulalongkorn University, Thailand. His research interests include political philosophy, communication theory, cross-cultural communication and public relations. He is the author and co-author of three monographs, three university textbooks and numerous articles which were published in American Behavioral Scientist, Libertarian Papers, Journal of Promotional Communications and Quarterly Review of Business Disciplines among others. He is also a communication practitioner with more than 20 years of experience in PR, corporate communications, journalism and social media.            

1) Introduction.- 2) Methodological foundations of communication studies: communication art vs. communication science.- 3) Communication as a subcategory of human action: praxeological approach to communication and the object of communication science.- 4) Communication freedom and ethical theory: the logic of non-aggression and communication of consent.- 5) Communication theory of property rights and homesteading.- 6) The role of communication in adaptation of moral norms.- 7) Communication freedom and property rights.- 8) The freedom to communicate as a liberal value.- 9) Communication acts and initiation of aggression: causality and responsibility.- 10) Communication freedom of individuals and the “interests of society”.- 11) Praxeological objection to intellectual property rights laws.- 12) When words become deeds: mere speech and speech acts in the theory of contract: the cases of business communication.- 13) Communication freedom, libel, defamation and reputation.- 14) Communication freedom, privacy and “the right to know”.- 15) Information for sale: access to data and blackmail.- 16) Conclusion.