...alternatives. John Stuart Mill proclaimed adherence to a principle of individual liberty that he said was "entitled to govern absolutely the dealings of society...individual in the way of compulsion and control," and he expressed his fear of "an increasing inclination to stretch unduly the powers of society over...

...freedom to develop one's individuality is not absolute. When explaining that the object of On Liberty is "to assert one very simple principle, as entitled...individual in the way of compulsion and control," Mill was referring to the way in which the principle of liberty should be applied (OL I 223). It does...

...absolute. Overhimself. overhisown hody and mind. the individual is sovereign" (Mill, JS.Op. cit., p. l5). " "The object of this Essay is to assert one very simple...of compulsion and control, whether the means used by physical force in the form of legal penalties, or the moral coercion of public opinion. That principle...

...spelled out the boundaries of the far-reaching liberty he was seeking. In a much-quoted phrase he writes: The object of this essay is to assert one very simple...individual in the way of compulsion and control.... That principle is, that the sole end for which mankind are warranted, individually or collectively,...

.... . [Mill] enunciates his own view in the following passage: The object of this essay [On Liberty] is to assert one very simple principle, as entitled...society with the individual in the way of compulsion or control, whether the means used be physical force in the form of legal penalties, or the moral coercion...

...Liberty permeates much of his political economy, here is a paragraph from it that warrants reproduction: The object of this Essay is to assert one very simple...govern absolutely the dealings of society with the 35 For Smith, see the excerpt from The Theory of Moral Sentiments, p. 69 above; for Mill, see Utilitarianism,...

...sclf-intetest i9^ The object of this Essay is to assett one vety simple ptinciple, as entitled to govetn absolutely the dealings of society with the individual in the way of compulsion and conttol, whethet the means used be physical foece in the fotm of legal penalties, ot the motal coetcion...

...In his essay On Liberty Mill states clearly the central affirmation of all modern liberal regimes: The object of this Essay is to assert one very simple...of compulsion and control, whether the means used by physical force in the form of legal penalties, or the moral coercion of public opinion. That principle...

...Utilitarianism, the argument of Mill's essay is not so much familiar as notorious. Mill writes that "The object of this Essay is to assert one very simple...the individual in the way of compulsion and control. . . ."" Commentators have complained about Mill's appeal to one very simple principle; they have said...

...74) 2 Mill's 'harm principle' Mill proposes what he describes as a 'very simple principle' as being 'entitled to govern absolutely the dealings of society...individual in the way of compulsion and control'. The principle asserted that 'The only purpose for which power can rightfully be exercised over any...