Applied Philosophy: Free Speech and Safe Spaces

Instructions

• Read the sources shown below to prepare for a debate on this issue
• Organize your arguments with evidence using the guide below
• Take a position that supports or opposes John Stuart Mill's view of free speech

Guide

• Free Speech & Safe Spaces (Assignment)

Core Sources

• An Introduction
• Atlantic - Campus Protest Cheat Sheet (Link)
• Theory
• Atlantic - The Coddling of the American Mind (Link)
• Arts & Maths - A Critique of The Coddling of the American Mind (Link)
• Yale Halloween Costumes
• Atlantic - The New Intolerance of Student Activism (Link)
• Video Clip - Professor Nicholas Christakis Surrounded by Students (YouTube) (Video)
• Missouri
• NYT - 'I Need Some Muscle' - Student Activists Block Journalists (Link)
• Video Clip - Student Journalist Blocked By Protesters (YouTube) (Video)
• Defense of Protests
• Washington Post - Campus Racism Makes Minority Students Drop Out (Link)
• Washington Post - Why The Protesters Didn't Want the Media Around (Link)

Additional Sources

• New York Times - Room For Debate (Link)