PHILOS 1B03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Deontological Ethics, On Liberty, Consequentialism
12 Apr 2016
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Everyone has the following fundamental freedoms : (b) freedom of thought, belief, opinion & expression. Possibly of limitation built right into the canadian charter. Sec 2 subject sec 1 reasonable limitations clause & oakes test. As a rule, especially strong reasons necessary to free expression. Friday, november 13, 2015: uncover false beliefs, strengthen true beliefs via defence in marketplace of ideas mill. Challenging dogma : accepted beliefs tendency to become dogma, uncritical acceptance without awareness of reasons, dissent encourages re-examination of reasons, if beliefs true, then strengthened, if beliefs false, then discarded. Abuses of authority: exposure & deterrence: public scrutiny & uncovering of inappropriate conduct by government & other authorities (ie. , church) Independence of judgment & personal development: opportunity to hear & debate competition positions on variety of topics fosters independent, critical judgement, & autonomous decision-making, tendency towards more ful lling life in making autonomous choices. Free expression & democracy: democratic decision-making effective only if decisions are well-informed.
