To set up a juicy discussion, I assign this "reading probe": "Many issues in American civic life are examples of the subject Mill is concerned with in On Liberty:  How and how much can society (and remember, by "society" Mill does not mean only or even primarily government) justifiably intrude on the individual's liberty?

Identify two current issues that are examples of this general concern and write them below.  Return this Reading Probe at the next class meeting."

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