...be justified. "If all mankind minus one were of one opinion," he wrote, "and only one person were of the contrary opinion, mankind would be no more justified...the power, would be justified in silencing mankind." As he did throughout On Liberty, Mill offered consequentialist reasons to justify this claim. Silencing...

...Question," 468. 35. He goes on: If all mankind minus one, were of one opinion, and only one person were of the contrary opinion, mankind would be no more justified...the power, would be justified in silencing mankind. ("On Liberty," 2.1) 36. Like the phrase "spirit of the age," this view of society as a single definable...

...through prejudice. Mill writes: If all mankind minus one were of one opinion, and only one person were of the contrary opinion, mankind would be no more justified...he had the power, would be justified in silencing mankind.103 This does not mean, however, that speech is subject to no rules. Free speech (like free...

...to be the accepted norm. "If all mankind minus one were of one opinion, and only one person were of the contrary opinion, mankind would be no more justified...he had the power, would be justified in silencing mankind."4 Mill, we should remind ourselves, was envisaging the silencing of opinions by government,...

...silence the opinions of those who held contrary views. To quote, "If all mankind minus one were of one opinion, mankind would be no more justified in silencing...the power, would be justified in silencing mankind." It is the business of the government to promote happiness and hence it is not justified in infringing...

...illegitimate. He says: "If all mankind minus one, were of one opinion, and only one person were of the contrary opinion, mankind would be no more justified...the power, would be justified in silencing mankind." Once again, this prompts us to ask: how can the number of persons fail to make any difference as to...

...mankind minus one were of one opinion, mankind would be no more justified in silencing that opinion than he, if he had the power, would be justified in silencing mankind." Mill reminds us of Socrates and Jesus Christ, whose freedom of opinions were suppressed. He says, "Mankind...

...in silencing humanity. If an opinion were a personal possession of no value except to the owner, and if to be obstructed in the enjoyment of it were simply...difference whether the injury was inflicted only on a few people or on many. But the peculiar evil of silencing the expression of an opinion is that it robs...

...Mill tells us that even if 'all mankind minus one, were of one opinion, and only one person were of the contrary opinion, mankind would be no more justified...he had the power, would be justified in silencing mankind.'37 Were an opinion merely a 'personal possession of no value except to the owner' and its...

...and meaningful existence. '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 had the power, would be justified in silencing mankind' (Mill 1989: 20). Mill's seemingly absolutist...