Musk reveals the old Twitter algorithm that would ban users for using these words...

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First of all John Stuart Mill never claimed to offer the last word on any ethical question, only an approach for finding it.

Secondly, I wouldn't look to him for guidance on nuclear safety or data privacy and I don't look to him for guidance on modern medical ethics either

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First of all John Stuart Mill never claimed to offer the last word on any ethical question

Ummm....what are you talking about, he developed an entire system of ethics called utilitarianism to do just that. Get off twitter and read a book dude. And you didn't read that article, he most definitely took an ethical position on compulsory medical care

"I do not consider it justifiable on principle, because it appears to me to be opposed to one of the greatest principles of legislation, the security of personal liberty."

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I addressed both objections in the comment you're replying to

For example, if I find some JSM quote which indicates you should change your position on nuclear safety or cyber privacy.... would reading the quote cause you to update your position on nuclear or cyber safety?

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For example, if I find some JSM quote which indicates you should change your position on nuclear safety or cyber privacy....will you change your behaviour?

This isn't a new issue now, its the same. He is saying the public interest in reducing the spread of disease does not trump personal liberty at a philosophical level. Changing technology does not change any of the principles he invokes

For example, if I find some JSM quote which indicates you should change your position on nuclear safety or cyber privacy....will you change your behaviour?

If the principle he invokes is analogous and applies philosophically, yes, I'd strongly consider what he says, and at least admit that his position could be considered liberal even if I disagreed. I don't agree with utilitarianism, but it's certainly a liberal viewpoint, and you can apply old utilitarian arguments to new technology, you are being obtuse