...very next paragraph, however, Mill added this crucial if somewhat self-contradictory qualification: "It is perhaps hardly necessary to say that this doctrine...to human beings in the maturity of their faculties. . . . Despotism is a legitimate mode of government in dealing with barbarians, provided the end be...

...moral, is not a sufficient warrant." It must not be forgotten, however, that Mill went on to state that "it is, perhaps, hardly necessary to say that this...to human beings in the maturity of their faculties" ([31], p. 73). While this patient's refusal to accept possibly life-saving therapy was not interfered...

...right, absolute. Over himself, over his own body and mind, the individual is sovereign.4 He points out that 'this doctrine is meant to apply only to human beings in the maturity of their faculties,' and that ' we may leave out of account those backward states of society in which the race itself may...

...proposes to give to all; "It is, perhaps, hardly necessary to say that this is only meant to apply to human beings in the maturity of their faculties....which the law may fix as that of manhood or womanhood. . . . For the same reason, we may leave out of consideration those backward states of society in which...

...is sovereign. (Mill 1910: 13) Children, however, cannot be sovereign because they have not reached: the maturity of their faculties. We are not speaking of children or young persons below the age which the law may fix as that of manhood or womanhood. Those who are still...

...Harm Principle. First, the arguments concern the liberty of action of competent adults. He writes, "It is, perhaps, hardly necessary to say that this...human beings in the maturity of their faculties." [OL 13] Thus, when he argues that there is a set of actions with respect to which people ought to be...

...— that is, do not harm others. In Mill's view this standard of liberty did not apply to children: "It is perhaps hardly necessary to say that this doctrine is meant to apply to human beings in the maturity of their faculties. We are not speaking of children or of young persons...

...generality is found in the subjects whose liberty must be respected, but with critical exceptions: "We are not speaking of children, or of young persons...which the law may fix as that of manhood or womanhood" nor of "those backward states of society in which the race itself may be considered as in its nonage."...

...is that liberalism is not for children or people who are unable to think for themselves ; rather, it is "meant to apply only to human beings in the maturity of their faculties."3 This interesting phrase is not completely specified in Mill's essay, but, for present...

...is, of right, absolute. Over himself, over his own body 294 and mind, the individual is sovereign. It is, perhaps, hardly necessary to say that this doctrine is meant to Individualism apply only to human beings in the maturity of their faculties. We are not speaking of...