Law's Expanding Empire
The Reith Lectures
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The Law Is Not a Law to Impose Conformity
We live in a sensurious age, more so perhaps than at any time since the evangelical movement transformed the moral sensibilities of the Victorians. Social media encourage a resort to easy answers and generate a powerful herd instinct which suppresses not just dissent, but even doubt and nuance. Public and even private solosisms can destroy a person's career; advertisers pressurize editors not to publish controversial pieces,. Student organizations can prevent unorthodox speakers from being heard. These things have made the pressure to conform far more intense than it ever was in Mill's day.
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