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Everyone's liberty, including speech, is constrained by a prohibition against doing harm to others. Harm can be psychological--and even sociological--as well as material. Identifying immaterial forms of harm can be more difficult, but there is no harm in being more deferential to other people's feelings.

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Stephen Yearwood
Stephen Yearwood

Written by Stephen Yearwood

M.A. in political economy (money/distributive justice) "Please don't confront me with my failures/ I'm aware of them" from "These Days," as sung by Gregg Allman

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