According to Mill, in the past (prior to Mill’s time) the primary liberty people were concerned with was protection agai

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According to Mill, in the past (prior to Mill’s time) the
primary liberty people were concerned with was protection against
the tyranny of their political rulers.
-True
-False
Which of the following is not one of the basic liberties, as
defined by Mill in On Liberty?
-The freedom to unite for any purpose not involving harm to
others.
-The freedom of tastes and pursuits.
-The freedom of public authority to regulate the private
actions.
-The freedom of thought, feeling, and opinion.
Mill wrote that we (citizens) have a right to act upon
unfavorable opinions we have of others by ______.
-Avoiding her/his company
-Seeking punishment from the state
-Forcing her/him to pay a penalty
-Compelling her/him to change the offending behavior to conform
to the majority
Like, Hobbes, Locke and Rousseau, Mill is a social contract
theorist.
-True
-False
Which of the following are reasons why Mill thinks that free
speech is necessary for the pursuit of knowledge?
-Censored opinions may turn out to be true
-Censored opinions may be partly true
-Engaging in free discourse forces us to defend our ideas, which
reaffirms them
-All of the above
-B and C, but not A