24.150J | Fall 2023 | Undergraduate

Liberalism, Toleration, and Freedom of Speech

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In-Class Question 01: Milton, Aeropagitica, and Rosenberg, “Stormy Daniels, Prior Restraints, etc.”
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In-Class Question 02: Holmes, Brandeis, and Harlan Supreme Court opinions
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In-Class Question 03: Citizens United and 303 Creative
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In-Class Question 04: Mill, On Liberty
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In-Class Question 05: Joshi, Why It's OK to Speak Your Mind
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In-Class Question 06: Cancel Culture
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In-Class Question 07: Alexander, "General Justifying Theories of Freedom of Expression"
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In-Class Question 08: Waldron, The Harm in Hate Speech, Ch. 4
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In-Class Question 09: Waldron, The Harm in Hate Speech, Ch. 7
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In-Class Question 10: West, "Words That Silence? Freedom of Expression and Racist Hate Speech"
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In-Class Question 11: Feinberg, Offense to Others
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In-Class Question 12: Cohen, “Freedom, Equality, Pornography”
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In-Class Question 13: Langton, “Speech Acts and Unspeakable Acts”
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In-Class Question 14: Whitehouse, “Section 230 Reforms”
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In-Class Question 15: Glod, Why It’s OK to Make Bad Choices
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In-Class Question 16: Glod, Why It’s OK to Make Bad Choices, Chapter 2
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In-Class Question 17: Glod, Why It’s OK to Make Bad Choices, Chapters 3 and 7
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In-Class Question 18: Kekes, Against Liberalism, Chapter 2
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In-Class Question 19: Joshi, “For (Some) Immigration Restrictions”
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In-Class Question 20: Wax, “The Conservative’s Dilemma: Traditional Institutions, Social Change, and Same-Sex Marriage”
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In-Class Question 21: Augustine, Locke, and Jefferson on Religious Toleration
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In-Class Question 22: Leiter, Why Tolerate Religion?, Chapters 1 and 3

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