Mill, John Stuart. On Liberty

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Mill , John Stuart . On Liberty

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John Stuart Mill , an English philosopher and a political economist , had an important part in forming

liberal thought in the 19th century . Mill published his best-known work , On Liberty , in 1859 . This foundational book discusses the concept of liberty . It talks about the nature and the limits of the power performed by society over an individual . Mill states , [T]he first in importance surely is man himself (Mill 87 The book also deals with the freedom of people to engage in whatever they wish as long as it does not harm other persons

Liberty is one of the greatest ideas ever to occur naturally . John Stuart Mill 's approach to liberty is freedom to do anything except harm others because that is an infringement on that person 's liberty . While people cannot hurt anyone else , they can hurt themselves because it is their liberty . If people act on their liberty and harm themselves then society can do nothing to stop them . If society acts then it is unwanted...