- John Stuart Mills Harm Principle and Free Speech: Expanding the Notion . . .
This article advocates employing John Stuart Mill's harm principle to set the boundary for unregulated free speech, and his Greatest Happiness Principle to regulate speech outside that boundary because it threatens unconsented-to harm
- Mills Argument for Free Speech: A Guide - Blogger
The notes are intended to explain the logic, structure and shortcomings of J S Mill’s defence of free speech They are my take on the argument, not a definitive interpretation or analysis of Mill
- John Stuart Mill’s Harm Principle and Free Speech: Expanding the Notio . . .
This article advocates employing John Stuart Mill’s harm principle to set the boundary for unregulated free speech, and his Greatest Happiness Principle to regulate speech outside that boundary because it threatens unconsented-to harm
- Harm principle - Wikipedia
John Stuart Mill articulated the principle in the 1859 essay On Liberty, where he argued that "The only purpose for which power can be rightfully exercised over any member of a civilized community, against his will, is to prevent harm to others "
- John Stuart Mill’s enduring arguments for free speech
In this explainer, I’ll break down the most potent and powerful free speech arguments in “On Liberty,” why they matter, and how they still apply nearly two centuries later Many proponents of individual liberty tend to focus on governmental authority as the prime danger to their personal freedoms
- Mill: the harm principle, Dworkin and Barendt: liberal arguments . . .
Mill’s maximalist approach to freedom of speech, and individual freedom more widely, includes ‘the harm principle’: ‘the only purpose for which power can be rightfully exercised over any member of a civilized community, against his will, is to prevent harm to others’ (Mill, 1869: 22)
- John Stuart Mills Harm Principle and Free Speech: Expanding the Notion . . .
In this article, I propose a principled framework for striking the right balance among these important competing claims
- John Stuart Mill’s Harm Principle and the Right to Free Speech
Although the right to free speech is rudimentary to basic human rights, there are factors that would justify government interference, censorship and regulation These justifications include Mill’s harm principle, legal moralism, and the harm test
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