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striving for, you can’t control it. However, you can control your surroundings. For example you can fix the way things are going on in your life like start spending more time with people who make you feel good, and other simple things like that. John Stuart Mill states in his autobiography, “The enjoyments of life are sufficient to make it a pleasant thing, when are taken en passant, without being made a principal object.,” What i took from this

This essay will explain Mill’s view regarding freedom of expression and apply it to a modern concern regarding hate speech. In On Liberty, Mill argues in favor of nearly unrestricted freedom of expression in accordance with the harm principle because limiting the opinions of others hinders the “marketplace of ideas” or clashing of views to allow for the truth to rise to the top through refinement or exchanging false beliefs for truths. Mill explicitly states that silencing speech is an evil that

When we protect hate speech and give white nationalists an equal space at the table to share their intrinsically violent beliefs instead of protecting the people who those words and symbols are meant to damage we are implicitly saying that their lives matter less than these words. We should be focused on enforcing laws that protect human life and the promise of equality, and create a space where people feel free and safe to pursue their goals without risk of injury. This is far more important than

society is which the government is for the greatest number of people. However, sustaining a society of this nature is quite difficult as attempts in the past either failed or are half-baked representations. In an essay, Utilitarianism, written by John Stuart Mill, he explains his own expansion and edit of Jeremy Bentham’s ideas of Utilitarianism. His differs slightly from Bentham as it adds a complex level of higher pleasures as well as applies to animals. Mill’s additions of higher pleasures and quantity

Tanisha Stidwell PHI 240 0001FA Mr. Beltran, Julian Nov. 6, 2016 Unisex and the Utilitarian In today’s society exists the ethical dilemma referred to as unisex which can be actively described as the direct efforts to blur the line separating male from female. According to most, this is done to further the idea of equality between men and women. But to others it is a moral concern that ultimately could be detrimental to the members of the affected society. Avoiding a consequence such as this would

“This American Life” was the story of The fractioned view Keith Aldrich’s children had of him, and his daughter, Gillian’s, attempt to reconcile an entire image of her father. Aldrich’s story was one of caution, of becoming too caught up in one’s surroundings. In seeking to become a staple of a piece of time and history, Aldrich disregarded his individuality in order to emulate those he admired. Aldrich life was a pattern of change categorized by numerous marriages and the resulting children. He

important to have in life because they allow you to express who you truly are, there is a difference between freedom of speech and freedom of thought. While there is a difference between freedom of speech and freedom of thought, English Philosopher John Stuart Mill provides his opinion on the importance of freedom of speech and freedom of thought in his book On Liberty. Whether you are a person who is wealthy or poor, highly educated or not educated at all, or even a minority, every person in a democratic

Zhiyuan Li Philosophy 2367 Freedom of Speech A couple of months ago, University of Chicago’s president Robert J. Zimmerin expressed his concern about freedom of speech on campus in a Wall Street Journal article: Free speech is at risk at the very institution where it should be assured: the university … Invited speakers are disinvited because a segment of a university community deems them offensive, while other orators are shouted down for similar reasons. Demands are made to eliminate readings that

First, the idea of utilitarianism is that the highest principle of morality is to maximize happiness, which is the balance of pleasure over pain. Bentham and Mill’s ideologies certainly can be discussed in the context of Freedom Summer. Specifically, the way in which Mill defends Bentham’s utilitarian principle shows that the actions of Freedom Summer are so actively involved in the ideas of utilitarianism. Many will point to the fact that Bentham’s original ideas of utilitarianism have a glaring

would be in favor of Plato, one could argue that the use of any substance illegally is morally wrong and that people waste their lives if they even try opioids for something other than their intended purposes. On the other side, with the view of John Stuart Mill, one could argue that while the use of opioids could be considered wrong, government and society are not at right to prohibit individuals from using opioids, given several underlying assumptions. Of these two views, I argue that, while I agree