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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... "
Reports of Cases Determined in the Supreme Court of the State of California - Page 283
by California. Supreme Court - 1875
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Law and Morality: Readings in Legal Philosophy

David Dyzenhaus, Arthur Ripstein - Philosophy - 2001 - 1086 pages
...of action of any of their number, is self-protection. That the only purpose for which power can be rightfully exercised over any member of a civilized...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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Die Moralphilosophie John Stuart Mills

Manuel García Pazos - Ethics - 1999 - 268 pages
...of any of their number, is self-protection. That the only purpose for which power can be rightfiilly exercised over any member of a civilized community,...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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The Study of Philosophy

S. Morris Engel - Philosophy - 2001 - 442 pages
...action of any of their number, is self-protection. That the only purpose for which power can be rightly exercised over any member of a civilized community,...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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Criminal Law

David C. Brody, James R. Acker, Wayne A. Logan - Law - 2001 - 674 pages
...purpose for which power can be rightfully exercised over any member of a civilised community, against his will, is to prevent harm to others. His own good,...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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Homosexuality in the Work of Gore Vidal

Jörg Behrendt - Social Science - 2002 - 204 pages
...enforce morality as such."328 His answer, of course, is negative. He further points out that a person's "own good, either physical or moral, is not a sufficient...opinion of others, to do so would be wise or even right."329 This approach raises a far broader question. To what extent can it be considered ethically...
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Is Death Ever Preferable to Life?

Ian N. Olver - Medical - 2002 - 184 pages
...purpose for which power can be rightfully exercised over any member of a civilised community, against his will, is to prevent harm to others. His own good,...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 one,...
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James Fitzjames Stephen: Portrait of a Victorian Rationalist

K. J. M. Smith - History - 2002 - 356 pages
...purpose for which power can be rightfully exercised over any member of a civilised community, against his will, is to prevent harm to others. His own good,...because it will make him happier, because, in the opinions of others, to do so would be wise or even right. 56 Stephen's initial reaction to On Liberty...
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Principles of Publicity and Press Freedom

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...
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Perspectives for the Unification and Harmonisation of Family Law in Europe

Katharina Boele-Woelki - Domestic relations - 2003 - 600 pages
...invaluable guidepost for any liberal, pluralistic society: The only purpose for which power can be rightfully exercised over any member of a civilized...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...
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Hemp: American History Revisited: The Plant with a Divided History

Robert Deitch - Body, Mind & Spirit - 2003 - 244 pages
...interference with the rightful liberty of the individual." Mills said, The only purpose for which power can be rightfully exercised over any member of a civilized...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...
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