PPT Slide
1. Protects individual’s reputation, because defamation may:
a. Interfere with existing relationships
b. Interfere with future relationships
c. Destroy a favorable public image
d. Create a negative public image where none existed
2. Compensates for economic and emotional injury
3. Promotes human dignity (civilized forum to settle disputes)
4. Acts a deterrent on publication of false and injurious speech by the awarding of damages