John Stuart Mill Defends Free speech

Introduction to Mill’s defence of free speech from his 1859 work, On Liberty. I discuss 3 possible objections that Mill sees and answers as well as his positive argument.

0:00 Introduction
1:58 Extreme cases and infallibility
5:09 A limit to free speech
6:18 Disrespectful conduct in speech
7:51 The main arguments
9:56 Finale