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" ... 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... "
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The Relationship Rights of Children

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...
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John Stuart Mill's Political Philosophy

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...
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Gay Marriage and Democracy: Equality for All

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...
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Paternalismus und Recht: in memoriam Angela Augustin (1968-2004)

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...
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Liberty: God's Gift to Humanity

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...
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Public Health Ethics: Theory, Policy, and Practice

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...
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Reviving the Invisible Hand: The Case for Classical Liberalism in the Twenty ...

Deepak Lal, James S Coleman Professor of International Development Studies Deepak Lal - Business & Economics - 2006 - 346 pages
...prevent harm to others . . . His own good either physical or moral is hot 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."24 But, on one point Hart demurred from Mill's...
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Ethics and Intersex

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...
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Paying the Tab: The Costs and Benefits of Alcohol Control

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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Love & Language

Ilan Stavans, Lewis-Sebring Professor in Latin American and Latino Culture Ilan Stavans, PhD, VerĂ³nica Albin - Philosophy - 2007 - 308 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...of others, to do so would be wise, or even right. . . . Over himself, over his own body and mind, the individual is sovereign." The argument isn't about...
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