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Ep. 99 John Stuart Mill’s ‘On Liberty’

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Would John Stuart Mill Approve the First Amendment Framework?

John Stuart Mill would approve of the way that we've handled freedom of expression in the United States, at least from a governmental perspective. I suspect though, and this probably reflects his Victorian sensibilities, that Mill would think that in some ways we've gone further with free speech than he was willing to. You know, for example, erotic dancing or something like that being given First Amendment protection.

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