ABSTRACT
This chapter provides an introduction to freedom of speech and the State, followed by a thought experiment. It is followed by a short discussion and then a series of questions. Political philosophers have long struggled with the question about how much power the State should have. In 1859, John Stuart Mill put forward a very famous principle, the Harm Principle, which attempted to answer the question of how much power do people think the State should have. The questions discussed in the chapter are intended to get the philosophy students thinking about the problems. They have used these kinds of questions in seminars as the questions set for seminars, so they also think that they can be used to spark conversation and discussion. The chapter also gives a cursory sketch of some of the ways in which philosophers have responded to the thought experiment.
