POL SCI 6C Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: John Stuart Mill, Microaggression Theory, Secret Ballot
5 Aug 2016
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Lecture #12 2/16/16: mill"s idea of freedom, tyranny of the majority, opinions, free and open discourse. John stewart mill individuist, as locke was; latter part of the 19th century. His question: assumes that you already have government by consent, in which the majority rules. He"s concerned about the nature and limit about the power that can be legitimately exercised by society over the individual. Mill poses this question within the context of democratic governments. It is only a problem in democratic societies. You need to answer locke"s question first about the nature of political authority. For mill, individuals are being constrained by majority; i. e. need for minority rights, individual rights. Not just a problem of the tyranny of the government, but also tyranny of the majority. How to make an adjustment between independent rights and societal control. This is part of a struggle between liberty and .
