“ I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it” – S.G Tallentyre. Freedom of speech was established in the first amendment of the United States constitution in 1971 and coincided with the freedom of religion and the right to assemble. Why do we need the right to free speech? Free speech is a human right that prevents hate speech from arising thus promoting a healthy, free culture. Free speech is one of the most important freedoms and rights in the world that allow for people to be able to express their religion and political views freely furthermore creating a certain equality between different religions moreover preventing demoralization entirely. Living in a refined and complete society is solely on
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Refined and organized ideas will create an almost perfect democratic society that fits the needs of many different individuals who contributed. In chapter 2 of “On Liberty”, John Stewart Mills discusses several related arguments for protecting free speech in our society. He says, “No matter how certain someone is that they know the truth, their judgment is still fallible. Mills then goes on to state that, “a free market of ideas will increase the likelihood of achieving the best result, namely the emergence of truth and elimination error. Truth is good for us. Furthermore the process of lively debate with opinions from different sides will reinvigorate views that might otherwise be held in an unthinking way”. Mills explains that since we have the privilege to free speech, we all have the right to express our ideas therefore being able to create the most refined idea through all the debate. Mills also states that restrictions on free speech will weaken the progression and will produce invalid results. John Stewart Mills then recites a quote describing how free speech positively affects our society. He says, “Human nature is not a machine to be built after a model, but a tree, which requires to grow and develop itself on all sides” Mills argues that free speech does create the best democratic society for humanity through the fact that there are so many ideas prepared into one refined idea instead of a …show more content…
Dead dogma is opinions being heard and challenged to find out the ultimate truth. Mills believes that we should not hold our own beliefs as just a superstition. They should be living truths that we must be able to defend when being challenged. Mills then states that we should stride to preserve a situation where are ideas are always being challenged from all sides so the real truth and most refined idea of a particular topic arises. Mills says that without any opponents to challenge our own beliefs or ideas, our views will be less thriving as thinkers. This will not only be bad for us but for society as a whole due to the fact that our ideas will not be refined. Since we have the right to free speech, we are able to challenge each other’s ideas freely without being punished therefore making society more
Refined and organized ideas will create an almost perfect democratic society that fits the needs of many different individuals who contributed. In chapter 2 of “On Liberty”, John Stewart Mills discusses several related arguments for protecting free speech in our society. He says, “No matter how certain someone is that they know the truth, their judgment is still fallible. Mills then goes on to state that, “a free market of ideas will increase the likelihood of achieving the best result, namely the emergence of truth and elimination error. Truth is good for us. Furthermore the process of lively debate with opinions from different sides will reinvigorate views that might otherwise be held in an unthinking way”. Mills explains that since we have the privilege to free speech, we all have the right to express our ideas therefore being able to create the most refined idea through all the debate. Mills also states that restrictions on free speech will weaken the progression and will produce invalid results. John Stewart Mills then recites a quote describing how free speech positively affects our society. He says, “Human nature is not a machine to be built after a model, but a tree, which requires to grow and develop itself on all sides” Mills argues that free speech does create the best democratic society for humanity through the fact that there are so many ideas prepared into one refined idea instead of a …show more content…
Dead dogma is opinions being heard and challenged to find out the ultimate truth. Mills believes that we should not hold our own beliefs as just a superstition. They should be living truths that we must be able to defend when being challenged. Mills then states that we should stride to preserve a situation where are ideas are always being challenged from all sides so the real truth and most refined idea of a particular topic arises. Mills says that without any opponents to challenge our own beliefs or ideas, our views will be less thriving as thinkers. This will not only be bad for us but for society as a whole due to the fact that our ideas will not be refined. Since we have the right to free speech, we are able to challenge each other’s ideas freely without being punished therefore making society more