...harm to others." So far, so autonomist, you might think — but then he offers this qualification: "It is, perhaps, hardly necessary to say that this...human beings in the maturity of their faculties," and so excludes children and "those backward states of society in which the race itself may be considered...

...ostensibly rules out colonialism, Mill weakens the principle with his famous qualification, arguing, "It is, perhaps, hardly necessary to say that this...apply only to human beings in the maturity of their faculties."34 Those not in the maturity of their faculties include children, the mentally incompetent...

...expositing the limits of the applicability of the doctrine of 'liberty', John Stuart Mill wrote that it is, perhaps, hardly necessary to say that this...apply only to human beings in the maturity of their facilities. We are not speaking of children, or of young persons below the age which the law may fix...

...said, "It is, perhaps, hardly necessary to say" that the doctrine of limited, democratic government "is meant to apply only to human beings in the maturity of their faculties." One hundred forty-five years later it obviously is necessary to say that. Ron Chernow's magnificent...

...after first stating this principle, Mill goes on to qualify its application by making clear that "it is meant to apply only to human beings in the maturity of their faculties."13 Mill is not specific about when, in his view, human beings achieve this important state,...

...advanced this position when he qualified his defense of near-absolute individual liberty by declaring: "It is, perhaps, hardly necessary to say that this...their faculties. We are not speaking of children.... For the same reason we may leave out of consideration those backward states of society in which the...

...advanced this position when he qualified his defense of near-absolute individual liberty by declaring: "It is, perhaps, hardly necessary to say that this...their faculties. We are not speaking of children. . . . For the same reason we may leave out of consideration those backward states of society in which...

...independence and "sovereignty" over matters concerning himself, Mill casually and offhandedly asserts that "this doctrine is meant to apply only to human beings in the maturity of their faculties," not children, those "still in a state to require being taken care of by others," nor, for the same...

...the community of nations. As Mill writes in the introduction to On Liberty, the doctrine of liberty is meant to apply only to human beings in the maturity...speaking of children, or of young persons below the age at which the state may fix as that of manhood or womanhood. Those who are still in a state to require...

...even right (Mill 1859/1969, p. 13 5). Of course, Mill continues in the next paragraph to say that: It is perhaps hardly necessary to say that this doctrine...to human beings in the maturity of their faculties. . . Those who are still in a state to require being taken care of by others must be protected against...