 | Christopher Wolfe - 2006 - 252 lapas
...of an opinion is, that it is robbing the human race; posterity as well as the existing generation; those who dissent from the opinion, still more than...impression of truth, produced by its collision with error.48 But a careful reflection on some of Mill's arguments raises serious questions about whether... | |
 | Eric J. Mitnick - 2006 - 240 lapas
...of an opinion is that it is robbing the human race, posterity as well as the existing generation — those who dissent from the opinion, still more than...impression of truth produced by its collision with error.32 In this sense, insofar as truth itself should be deemed a social good, the liberal right to... | |
 | Diana C. Mutz - 2006 - 153 lapas
...out how a lack of contact with oppositional viewpoints diminishes the prospects for a public sphere: "If the opinion is right, they are deprived of the...impression of truth produced by its collision with error." 22 Likewise, Habermas assumes that exposure to dissimilar views will benefit the inhabitants of a public... | |
 | Laura J. Snyder - 2010 - 386 lapas
..."The peculiar evil of silencing the expression of an opinion is that it is robbing the human race. ... If the opinion is right, they are deprived of the...impression of truth, produced by its collision with error." 17 Mill explicitly included science in his claim that there should be "absolute freedom of opinion... | |
 | Mark Mattern - 2006 - 486 lapas
...consequentialist reasons to justify this claim. Silencing an opinion, he argued, "rob[s] the human race If the opinion is right, they are deprived of the...impression of truth, produced by its collision with error." Mill then asked if the same level of toleration should be applied to actions. He answered that "no... | |
 | Desmond M. Clarke - 2006 - 532 lapas
...of an opinion is, that it is robbing the human race; posterity as well as the existing generation; those who dissent from the opinion, still more than...truth; if wrong, they lose, what is almost as great a benef1t, the clearer perception and livelier impression of truth, produced by its collision with error.'... | |
 | Desmond M. Clarke - 2006 - 532 lapas
...of an opinion is, that it is robbing the human race; posterity as well as the existing generation; those who dissent from the opinion, still more than...of exchanging error for truth; if wrong, they lose, w hat is almost as great a benefit, the clearer perception and livelier impression of truth, produced... | |
 | John G. Geer - 2008 - 221 lapas
...contending that an opinion gains legitimacy and credibility if it faces criticism: If the (dissenting) opinion is right, they are deprived of the opportunity...the clearer perception and livelier impression of the truth, produced by its collision with error. (On Liberty, 79) Just consider how history judges... | |
 | Gabriel Weimann - 2006 - 340 lapas
...the existing generation. If the opinion is right, they are deprived of the opportunity to exchange error for truth; if wrong, they lose what is almost...impression of truth, produced by its collision with error.81 It is hard to find fully libertarian media systems: even the American system is only close... | |
 | VD Mahajan - 2006 - 936 lapas
...deprived of an opportunity of exchanging error for trugh. If the opinion was wrong, the society lost the clearer perception and livelier impression of truth produced by its collision with error. Even if an opinion was wrong, it should be allowed to be expressed and it should be countered with... | |
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But the peculiar evil of silencing the expression of an opinion is, that it is robbing the human race; posterity as well as the existing generation; those who dissent from the opinion, still more than those who hold it. If the opinion is right, they are... 
