John Stuart Mill on Liberty
Date Submitted: 03/09/2004 06:01:00
Category: / Social Sciences / Politics
Length: 7 pages (2030 words)
Category: / Social Sciences / Politics
Length: 7 pages (2030 words)
12."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." Discuss.
John Stuart Mill's essay "On Liberty" explains to us the importance of liberty in this life; he goes through all the important issues involved with liberty in order for us to understand his general principles. The principle that concerns us in this essay is the harm principle; that …
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…this in the essay and that I have also explained it in this essay. Overall I believe that John Stuart Mill makes a very clear, coherent and intelligent point in his essay and that his views on liberty have been essential to his world and to the world in which we live.
Bibliography:
Gray, S. - " On liberty in focus", London 1991.
Mill, J.S. - "On liberty", John W. Parker and Son, West Strand, London 1859.
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