... 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
| James G. Dwyer - Law - 2006 - 19 pages
...Mill insisted that a person's "own good, either physical or moral, is not a sufficient warrant. He cannot rightfully be compelled to do or forbear because...so, because it will make him happier, because in the opinions of others, to do so would be wise or even right."7 In fact, Mill explicitly excluded children... | |
| John R. Fitzpatrick - Philosophy - 2006 - 191 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. These are good reasons for remonstrating... | |
| R. Claire Snyder - Family & Relationships - 2006 - 200 pages
...further in this famous passage: His own good, whether 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. These are good reasons for remonstrating... | |
| Michael Anderheiden - Law and ethics - 2006 - 328 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 better. These are good reasons for remonstrating... | |
| Chana B. Cox - Biography & Autobiography - 2006 - 302 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. . . . The only part of the conduct of any... | |
| Ronald Bayer - Medical - 2007 - 436 pages
...is to prevent harm to others. His own good, either physical or moral, is not 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. These are good reasons for remonstrating... | |
| Sharon E. Sytsma - Medical - 2006 - 368 pages
...a sufficient warrant. He cannot rightfully be compelled to ilo or forbear because it will he heller 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. " (Emphasis ours.) " Our discussion now... | |
| Philip J. Cook - Business & Economics - 2007 - 286 pages
...exercised over any member of a civilized community, against his will, is to prevent harm to others. He cannot rightfully be compelled to do or forbear because...of others, to do so would be wise, or even right." Mill was a utilitarian, and as such he derived this conclusion from the claim that each of us is the... | |
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