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So to Speak podcast: John Stuart Mill’s ‘On Liberty’
On today’s episode of So to Speak: The Free Speech Podcast, we are joined by professor to discuss the life and philosophy of the English philosopher John Stuart Mill, whose 1859 essay “On Liberty” is a classic text — maybe the classic text — defending principles of free expression.
Miller is a professor and associate dean for research and graduate studies at Old Dominion University. He is the author of “.”
Show notes:
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