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Ironically, considering all the angst about Twitter's purchase, that's a viewpoint that liberalism (the philosophy originating in the Enlightenment, not the cas
by ThrowawayR2 5y ago
Ironically, considering all the angst about Twitter's purchase, that's a viewpoint that liberalism (the philosophy originating in the Enlightenment, not the casual label) would support. If Musk live up to his words, and granted maybe he won't, it should be considered a great victory for liberals.
- AftHurrahWinch 5y agoIs that so? I could see Hobbes supporting the Musk definition of the principle of free speech ("that which matches the law") but not say Mill or Kant. Hobbes of course didn't support Free Speech and advocated for censorship of the press in Leviathan: “… it is annexed to the sovereignty to be judge of what opinions and doctrines are averse, and what conducing to peace; and consequently, on what occasions, how far, and what men are to be trusted withal in speaking to multitudes of people; and who shall examine the doctrines of all books before they be published." – Leviathan, p. 164 Yet Kant encourages you to just mute and block the fake news: '"such things as merely communicating his thoughts to them, telling or promising them something, whether what he says is true and sincere or untrue and insincere" do not constitute wrongdoing because "it is entirely up to them [the listeners] whether they want to believe him or not"' – Critique of Pure Reason, p. 238