Secondly, the principle requires liberty of tastes and pursuits ; of framing the plan of our life to suit our own character ; of doing as we like, subject to such consequences as may follow : without impediment from our fellow-creatures, so long as what... On Liberty - Page 28by John Stuart Mill - 1863 - 223 pagesFull view - About this book
| Kerry J. Kennedy - Education - 1997 - 208 pages
...only with their free, voluntary and undeceived consent and participation'. That is, liberty consists 'of framing the plan of our life to suit our own character:...consequences as may follow: without impediment from fellow creatures, so long as what we do does not harm them, even though they should think our conduct... | |
| Hilaire Barnett - Law - 1996 - 658 pages
...conscience, thought and expression 'without impediment from our fellow-creatures, so long as what he does not harm them, even though they should think our conduct foolish perverse, or wrong'.39 Mill's view, ie that the role of the law should be confined to the prevention of harm to... | |
| Eileen Barker - Philosophy - 390 pages
...manner of men they are that do it (1910: 117) ... The principle requires liberty of tastes and pursuit; of framing the plan of our life to suit our own character. (1910: 75) More recently, these conceptions of individuality have been put forward by John Rawls. Self-esteem,... | |
| Louise Harmon - Social Science - 1999 - 270 pages
...nineteenth-century tradition of liberal individualism, as embodied in John Stuart Mill's Harm Principle: [Tlhe principle requires liberty of tastes and pursuits;...think our conduct foolish, perverse, or wrong.... [Tlhe only freedom which deserves the name, is that of pursuing our own good in our own way, so long... | |
| Hilaire Barnett - Law - 1998 - 364 pages
...exercising freedom of conscience, thought and expression 'without impediment from our fellow creatures, so long as what we do does not harm them, even though...should think our conduct foolish perverse, or wrong'. 91 On this basis, without clear proof of harm, there could be no justified legal restriction. Without... | |
| Max F. Perutz - Biography & Autobiography - 2002 - 388 pages
...itself, and resting in great part on the same reasons, is practically inseparable from it. Secondly, the principle requires liberty of tastes and pursuits;...should think our conduct foolish, perverse, or wrong. About freedom of expression Mill has this to say: We have now recognised the necessity for the mental... | |
| Stanton Peele, Marcus Grant - Psychology - 1999 - 442 pages
...the autonomy of individuals as tightly as any legal restriction. Liberty, for Mill, must encompass tastes and pursuits: of framing the plan of our life...should think our conduct foolish. perverse or wrong. . . . The only freedom which deserves the name, is that of pursuing our own good in our own way, so... | |
| Keith Culver - Law - 1999 - 580 pages
...itself, and resting in great part on the same reasons, is practically inseparable from it. Secondly, the principle requires liberty of tastes and pursuits;...consequences as may follow: without impediment from our fellow creatures, so long as what we do does not harm them, even though they should think our conduct... | |
| Uday Singh Mehta - Philosophy - 1999 - 250 pages
...a principle such as the principle of liberty.53 The purpose of the principle after all is to secure "liberty of tastes and pursuits; of framing the plan...consequences as may follow; without impediment from our fellow creatures, so long as what we do does not harm them, even though they should think our conduct... | |
| Uday Singh Mehta - Philosophy - 1999 - 250 pages
...we like, subject to such consequences as may follow; without impediment from our fellow creatures, so long as what we do does not harm them, even though...should think our conduct foolish, perverse, or wrong." 54 Despite the salutary qualities of the savage, the society or civilization of which he is a member... | |
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