 ... the only purpose for which power can be rightfully exercised over any member of a civilized community against his will is to prevent harm to others. His own good, either physical or moral, is not a sufficient warrant. He cannot rightfully be compelled...  Bentley's Quarterly Review - Page 4371860Full view - About this book
 | Slavko Splichal - Language Arts & Disciplines - 2002 - 254 pages
...or impede their efforts to obtain it" (Mill 1859/2001, 16). No member of society can be rightfully "compelled to do or forbear because it will be better...because it will make him happier, because, in the opinions of others, to do so would be wise, or even right. These are good reasons for remonstrating... | |
 | William Wilson - Law - 2002 - 391 pages
...physical or moral, is not a sufficient warrant. He cannot rightfully be compelled to do or forebear . . . because in the opinion of others to do so would be wise or even right.6 4 What this is may be the subject of contestation. See 1 Dennis, 'The Critical Condition of... | |
 | Robert I. Simon - Medical - 2003 - 686 pages
...physical or moral, is not a sufficient warrant. He cannot rightfully be compelled to do or forebear because it will be better for him to do so, because...of others, to do so would be wise, or even right. (58) What are advance medical directives? How can they be used in the treatment of psychiatric patients?... | |
 | Philip Bean - Social Science - 2003 - 404 pages
...moral. is not a sufficient warrant. he cannot righrfully be compelled to do or forbear because it would be better for him to do so. because it will make him...opinion of others. to do so would be wise or even right. The function. as we see it. of the criminal law is to protect the citizen's person and property. and... | |
 | Katharina Boele-Woelki - Domestic relations - 2003 - 600 pages
...to prevent harm to others. His own good, either physical or moral, is not a sufficient warrant. He cannot rightfully be compelled to do or forbear because...because it will make him happier, because, in the opinions of others, to do so would be wise, or even right. [...] Over himself, over his own body and... | |
 | Robert Deitch - Body, Mind & Spirit - 2003 - 244 pages
...is to prevent harm to others. His own good, either physical or moral is not a sufficient warrant. He cannot rightfully be compelled to do or forbear because...because it will make him happier, because, in the opinions of other, to do so would be wise, or even right. 143. Mill, John Stuart. On Liberty. John... | |
 | Roy Porter, Helen Nicholson, Bridget Bennett - Biography & Autobiography - 2003 - 376 pages
...is to prevent harm to others. His own good either physical or moral is not a sufficient warrant. He cannot rightfully be compelled to do or forbear because...because it will make him happier, because, in the opinions of others, to do so would be wise and right. These are good reasons for remonstrating with... | |
 | Richard Eldridge - Art - 2003 - 300 pages
...to prevent harm to others. His own good, either physical or moral, is not a sufficient warrant. He cannot rightfully be compelled to do or forbear because...for him to do so, because it will make him happier. Morality and Art," in Reflecting on Art, ed. John Fisher (Mountain View, CA: Mayfield Press, 1993),... | |
 | Anita L. Allen - Philosophy - 2003 - 228 pages
...either physical or moral, is not a sufficient warrant. He cannot rightfully be compelled to do or to forbear because it will be better for him to do so, because it will make him happier, because in the opinions of others to do so would be wise or even right. These are good reasons for remonstrating with... | |
 | Charles Robert McCann - Business & Economics - 2004 - 258 pages
...is to prevent harm to others. His own good, either physical or moral, is not a sufficient warrant He cannot rightfully be compelled to do or forbear because...of others, to do so would be wise, or even right. (Mill 1859, p. 13) This principle Mill sums up in two maxims: given a person of the age of majority,... | |
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