PHILOSOPHY - DEMOCRACY 7: Liberty and the Harm Principle

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In this Wireless Philosophy video, Geoff Pynn (Elgin Community College) discusses liberalism, the idea that the protection and promotion of liberty is the state’s fundamental job. According to John Stuart Mill’s Harm Principle, this means that the only basis for state coercion is the prevention of harm to others. But do modern liberal states respect the Harm Principle?

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