Philosophy 2073F/G Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: John Stuart Mill

• School: Western University
• Department: Philosophy
• Course: Philosophy 2073F/G
• Professor: Dean Prossel

Document Summary

Society has no right suppressing an opinion or dissenting view. To do so is to assume infallibility. All this has to do with freedom of expression, thought and media is that. 458 conflicting doctrines when the truth is shared between two doctrines as opposed to one being true and one being false. Off the opportunity of exchanging a false opinion for a true opinion. On the other hand, if the opinion being silenced is false, society is still being robbed of the opportunity of obtaining a livelier apprehension and understanding of why they are in the truth.