TY - JOUR AU - Marcos, David PY - 2020/03/20 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - In defense of freedom of speech JF - MISES: Interdisciplinary Journal of Philosophy, Law and Economics JA - MisesJournal VL - 8 IS - SE - Original Research Articles DO - 10.30800/mises.2020.v8.1267 UR - https://www.misesjournal.org.br/misesjournal/article/view/1267 SP - AB - <p>Freedom of speech in the 21st century is under threat, not so much by the State (that it is as well) but from civil society. I identify John Stuart Mill as one of those who noticed this issue. I analyze this problem along with two more issues related to this particular problem. The first one is censorship, that comes from the State and from the civil society. The second one is political correctness; I examine this phenomenon and illustrate the concrete case of American universities and the case of James Flynn. Finally, I make some considerations on defamation based on the celebrated professor Walter BlockĀ“s ideas.</p> ER -