On LibertyTicknor and Fields, 1863 - 223페이지 From the Introduction In his Autobiography, Mill predicts that the essay On Liberty is "likely to survive longer than anything else that I have written." He goes on to say that the essay is the expression of a "single truth: " "the importance, to man and society, of a large variety of types of character, and of giving full freedom to human nature to expand itself in innumerable and conflicting directions." In the essay itself, Mill defines his subject as "the nature and limits of the power which can be legitimately exercised by society over the individual." He defends the absolute freedom of individuals to engage in conduct not harmful to others, and the near-absolute freedom to express and discuss opinions of all kinds. Mill's essay survives, as he had predicted, because his powerful message is still widely rejected by the powerful, and by those who continue to seek power over the lives of others. |
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... stands has had , in a very insufficient degree , the inestimable advantage of her revision ; some of the most important portions having been reserved for a more careful reëxamina- tion , which they are now never destined to receive ...
... stands has had , in a very insufficient degree , the inestimable advantage of her revision ; some of the most important portions having been reserved for a more careful reëxamina- tion , which they are now never destined to receive ...
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... stand out as brilliant exceptions among the political thinkers of the Continent . A similar tone of sentiment might by this time have been preva- lent in our own country , if the circumstances which for a time encouraged it had ...
... stand out as brilliant exceptions among the political thinkers of the Continent . A similar tone of sentiment might by this time have been preva- lent in our own country , if the circumstances which for a time encouraged it had ...
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... stands more directly opposed to the general tendency of existing opinion and practice Society has expended fully as much effort in the attempt ( according to its lights ) to compel people to conform to its notions of personal , as of so ...
... stands more directly opposed to the general tendency of existing opinion and practice Society has expended fully as much effort in the attempt ( according to its lights ) to compel people to conform to its notions of personal , as of so ...
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... standing invitation to the whole world to prove them unfounded . If the challenge is not accepted , or is accepted and the attempt fails , we are far enough from certainty still ; but we have done the best that the existing state of ...
... standing invitation to the whole world to prove them unfounded . If the challenge is not accepted , or is accepted and the attempt fails , we are far enough from certainty still ; but we have done the best that the existing state of ...
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... stand , as stood , in the legislation of the Locrians , the proposer of a new law , with a halter round his neck , to be instantly tightened if the public as- sembly did not , on hearing his reasons , then and there adopt his ...
... stand , as stood , in the legislation of the Locrians , the proposer of a new law , with a halter round his neck , to be instantly tightened if the public as- sembly did not , on hearing his reasons , then and there adopt his ...
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23 페이지 - ... the only purpose for which power can be rightfully exercised over any member of a civilized community against his will is to prevent harm to others. His own good, either physical or moral, is not a sufficient warrant. He cannot rightfully be compelled to do or forbear because it will be better for him to do so, because it will make him happier, because in the opinions of others to do so would be wise or even right.
35 페이지 - If all mankind minus one, were of one opinion, and only one person were of the contrary opinion, mankind would be no more justified in silencing that one person, than he, if he had the power, would be justified in silencing mankind.
28 페이지 - Secondly, the principle requires liberty of tastes and pursuits ; of framing the plan of our life to suit our own character ; of doing as we like, subject to such consequences as may follow : without impediment from our fellow-creatures, so long as what we do does not harm them, even though. they should think our conduct foolish, perverse, or wrong.
222 페이지 - ... a State which dwarfs its men, in order that they may be more docile instruments in its hands even for beneficial purposes— will find...
13 페이지 - ... desire to oppress a part of their number; and precautions are as much needed against this as against any other abuse of power. The limitation, therefore, of the power of government over individuals loses none of its importance when the holders of power are regularly accountable to the community, that is, to the strongest party therein.
41 페이지 - ... the source of everything respectable in man either as an intellectual or as a moral being, namely, that his errors are corrigible. He is capable of rectifying his mistakes by discussion and experience. Not by experience alone. There must be discussion to show how experience is to be interpreted. Wrong opinions and practices gradually yield to fact and argument; but facts and arguments, to produce any effect on the mind, must be brought before it. Very few facts are able to tell their own story...
27 페이지 - But there is a sphere of action in which society, as distinguished from the individual, has, if any, only an indirect interest; comprehending all that portion of a person's life and conduct which affects only himself, or, if it also affects others, only with their free, voluntary, and undeceived consent and participation.
121 페이지 - In proportion to the development of his individuality, each person becomes more valuable to himself, and is therefore capable of being more valuable to others.
102 페이지 - Thirdly, even if the received opinion be not only true, but the whole truth; unless it is suffered to be, and actually is, vigorously and earnestly contested, it will, by most of those who receive it, be held in the manner of a prejudice, with little comprehension or feeling of its rational grounds.
22 페이지 - The object of this Essay is to assert one very simple principle, as entitled to govern absolutely the dealings of society with the individual in the way of compulsion and control, whether the means used be physical force in the form of legal penalties, or the moral coercion of public opinion.