So to Speak: The Free Speech Podcast

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

Nov 26, 2019

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On Liberty

02:42

The Deep Slumber of a Decided Opinion, Close Quote

02:50

The Same Vagueness Problem With Hate Speech

04:28

Introduction

4min

The Philosophy of John Stuart Mill

3min

Utilitarianism - What's the Greatest Good for the Most People?

2min

The Utilitarianism of John Stuart Mill

3min

The Utilitarianism Principle, I Think It's a Mistake

2min

A Very Libertarian Principle

4min

Was He a Well-Known Philosopher?

3min

What Did He Think of His Time and of England at That Time?

3min

Mill Never Set Foot in India

2min

10.

What Was the Inspiration for on Liberty?

3min

11.

Charles Darwin's on the Origin of Species

2min

12.

On Liberty - Is Mill a Christian?

2min

13.

On Liberty or Harm Principle

4min

14.

Didn't Mills Think That There Should Be Population Control?

3min

15.

What Mill Means by "Hazard"

3min

16.

What Would Mill Have Thought of a Thief?

5min

17.

Tocqueville's Writing on Liberty

2min

18.

On Liberty

3min

19.

Free Speech

2min

20.

Is There Social Pressure That Comes From Making the Argument?

2min

21.

Those Who Express Unpopular Views Ought to Be Given More Latitude in Terms of How They Express Themselves

2min

22.

The Infallibility of the Majority

3min

23.

Are You Smarter Than Marcus Aurelius?

4min

24.

The Deep Slumber of a Decided Opinion, Close Quote

3min

25.

John Stuart Millhead, John Miltonhead, or Both?

4min

26.

On Liberty, John Stuart Mill's Utilitarianism

2min

27.

Would John Stuart Mill Approve the First Amendment Framework?

2min

28.

Is the Mill Misused?

2min

29.

What Is the Difference Between Blasphemy and Hate Speech?

3min

30.

The Same Vagueness Problem With Hate Speech

4min

31.

The Last Words About Mill and on Liberty

2min

32.

John Stuart Mill and the Liberty Fund

3min

On today’s episode of So to Speak: The Free Speech Podcast, we are joined by professor Dale E. Miller to discuss the life and philosophy of the English philosopher John Stuart Mill, whose 1859 essay “On Liberty” is a classic text — maybe the classic text — defending the principles of free expression.

Miller is a professor and associate dean for research and graduate studies at Old Dominion University. He is the author of J.S. Mill: Moral, Social, and Political Thought.

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The text of John Stuart Mill’s “On Liberty”
The Liberty Fund’s collected works of John Stuart Mill
Dale E. Miller’s website: www.drdaleemiller.net

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