Unit 7: Optional theme — Political philosophy
Topic 7.3: Liberty and rights Questions
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True or false? On Mill's principle, being deeply offended by someone's speech is enough to justify banning it.
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Fill the gap: Mill's harm principle lets you limit someone's liberty only to prevent ______ to others.
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Fill the gap: every right is a matching ______ for someone else — your right to speak means others must not silence you.
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True or false? Negative liberty means the state has given you an official list of things you're allowed to do.
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Fill the gap: negative liberty is freedom FROM interference, while positive liberty is freedom ______ become your true self.
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To say human rights are 'inalienable' means:
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Naess's 'deep ecology' argues that:
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How can the two liberties conflict in real politics?
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What speech does Mill's principle let us limit?
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The key difference between harm and offence is that:
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A 'right', in philosophy, is best described as:
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The key difference between a legal right and a human right is that:
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True or false? Human rights depend on a government granting them.
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The difference between negative and positive liberty is roughly:
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On the negative-liberty view, you are free when:
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Why does positive liberty carry a risk of turning into control?
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Why is freedom of information a guard on power?
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Why is hate speech the hard case for the harm principle?
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Positive liberty is best summed up as:
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