On Liberty in your own voice
Philosophy / Non-FictionMedium readabout 5.5 hours to listenAdult
Mill's argument that society may restrain a person only to prevent harm to others, defending free speech and nonconformity; clear but closely reasoned Victorian prose. Record a short sample of your voice and Voiceami narrates the whole of On Liberty in it.
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The subject of this Essay is not the so-called Liberty of the Will, so unfortunately opposed to the misnamed doctrine of Philosophical Necessity; but Civil, or Social Liberty: the nature and limits of the power which can be legitimately exercised by society over the individual.
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