3-Page Response Paper on Mill
In On Liberty, Mill presents one of the most famous arguments in defense of free speech.
Even Mill, however, allowed for some limits. Where we should place limits on free speech is as important a question today as it was then.
For this paper, please read Andrew Marantz’s piece in The New Yorker on right-wing speakers on university campuses. https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/07/02/how-social-media-trolls-turned-uc-berkeley-into-a-free-speech-circus
In your response paper, please focus on the following questions:
What are the arguments provided on both sides of the argument as reported by Marantz? How would Mill decide in this debate, and how would you argue in this instance?