More Money Than Brains
“But it is worth noting that the thinkers of the Enlightenment were fervent advocates of press freedom, and some, like those radical Frenchies Diderot and Voltaire, were martyred by censors and the police for writing smack about the Church and the aristocracy.
Here again we see that these Enlightenment freedoms are inseparable. Free inquiry, free votes, and free markets require public forums that allow us to exercise our reason. Free discourse and lively disputes, dissent, and debate are necessa...ry if we are to pursue truth, be it in the form of a scientific experiment, a satirical poem, or a political system. This is why Kant argues that freedom of the pen is one of the most important freedoms. He says that “freedom of the pen is the only safeguard of the rights of the people.” It also benefits the ruler, he argues, insofar as a ruler who stifles the opinions and complaints of the people “is thereby put into a self-stultifying position”17 England was the first country to allow a relatively free press, though one could still be prosecuted for libel and sedition.MoreLess
Here again we see that these Enlightenment freedoms are inseparable. Free inquiry, free votes, and free markets require public forums that allow us to exercise our reason. Free discourse and lively disputes, dissent, and debate are necessa...ry if we are to pursue truth, be it in the form of a scientific experiment, a satirical poem, or a political system. This is why Kant argues that freedom of the pen is one of the most important freedoms. He says that “freedom of the pen is the only safeguard of the rights of the people.” It also benefits the ruler, he argues, insofar as a ruler who stifles the opinions and complaints of the people “is thereby put into a self-stultifying position”17 England was the first country to allow a relatively free press, though one could still be prosecuted for libel and sedition.MoreLess
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