PSCI 1100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Passive Smoking, Gun Safety, John Stuart Mill
23 Mar 2016
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Regime what gives a poliical community its basic principles (foundaion) Us student arrested in n korea took down a poliical banner from a hotel (as a prank) and was convicted for crimes against the state (punishment 15 ys hard labour) Why it"s imp to understand difs b/w regimes. The problem of freedom and the importance of freedom. Danger to freedom in a democraic society for mill is the danger of conformity. Freedom is imp b/c for him it"s not only crucial for individual development, it"s imp as an engine of social progress. Idea that socieies that foster freedom are beter of. Fundamental imp of freedom of thought and discussion most basic freedom according to mill (mental freedom) If you remove freedom of thought and discussion, and tried to keep the rest, it would be v dif to do so. Any atempt to sile discussion and limit freedom is a fundamental breech of the spirit of a real democracy.
