POLB30H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Chaplinsky V. New Hampshire, Liberty, Harm Principle
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Three things you should understand after today"s lecture: the harm principle as a basic doctrine of liberalism, the arguments in favor of free speech, some of the legal rules derived from these arguments. Son of james mill, a prominent utilitarian. Utilitarianism: a way of evaluating moral questions that balances the kind of pleasure or good that comes from an act against the harm or bad or suffering or pain that comes from an act. John knew how to read greek at the age of 3. He was reading the platonic dialogues in ancient greek by the age of 7. He was doing differential calculus by the age of 12. John was trained to be this new leader in this new generation of utilitarian reformers. He thought these things were important to be a well-rounded person. On liberty (john stuart mill"s most famous work) In the beginning he explains his topic is about civil or social liberty.
