DVM2350 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Religious Censorship, Theocracy, Dialectic
1 Nov 2016
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John stuart mill: civil and social liberties. Immanuel kant: intellectual father of the contemporary human rights. Most important thinker of liberalism liberty is the principle of liberal societies. Distanced from utilitarianism, explored romanticism, and returned to utilitarianism while becoming a (utopian and reformist) socialist. John stuart mill: on liberty (1859) four chapters in total two types of liberty: liberty of the will, civil or social liberty. Freedom of action: hardly anyone believes that citizens should be allowed unrestricted freedom of action. Freedom of thought and expression: more harmful to censor expression because of the importance of the truth. It is the duty of governments and of individuals to form the truest opinions they can liberty -> harm principle -> freedom of expression -> free press. Liberty meant protection of the ruled from tyranny. The aim was to set limits to the power of the ruler / the master. Recognition of rights (magna carta or medieval charters)
