Philosophy 2070E Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: John Stuart Mill, Hate Speech, Mens Rea
29 Mar 2016
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Jb: king said you can do it, you can. Progressed as society, to where we are thinking, responsible adults. Gov has to jusify infringement on individuality noion of western civilizaion. Wishes of majority won"t be same as individual. Doesn"t think government can stop someone from harming themselves. Person"s own good is not enough of reason for government to interfere. Jsm progressive and thought no law, uility/view as progressive human being. Where state ability to interfere on act jusify if you harm somebody. Freedom of expression, consciousness, take life as we see it, associaion. Have to tolerate and protect bc popular don"t need protecion. Before trial: brought document to squash charged because violates freedom of expression. S319a: violates s 11 a: ability to prove what you said was true. Que: passed provincial statue you can"t adverise to kids under 12. Court: not dividing up types of expressions, have to do it broadly. Doesn"t convey or atempt to convey meaning: convey meaning.
