...invoked and improperly condemned. The object of this Essay is to assert , le very simple principle, as entitled to govern absolutely the dealings of society...the way of compulsion and control, whether the means need be physical force in the form of legal penalties, or the moral coercion of public opinion. That...

...that the state of our knowledge is such as to enable us to enunciate any "very simple principle as entitled to govern absolutely the dealings of society...individual in the way of compulsion and control." We must proceed in a far more cautious way, and confine ourselves to such remarks as experience suggests...

...ings of society with the individual in the way of tion published in Mill's lifetime appeared in 1869.) compulsion and control, whether the means used be...public opinion. That principle is that the sole end for which mankind are warranted, individually or collectively, in interfering with the liberty of action...

...of all modern liberal regimes: The object of this Essay is to assert one very simple principle, as entitled to govern absolutely the dealings of society...of compulsion and control, whether the means used by physical force in the form of legal penalties, or the moral coercion of public opinion. That principle...

...principle" that Mill finds adequate "to govern absolutely the dealings of society with the individual, whether the means used be physical force in the form...penalties or the moral coercion of public opinion," namely: "that the sole end for which mankind are warranted, individually or collectively, in interfering...

...74) 2 Mill's 'harm principle' Mill proposes what he describes as a 'very simple principle' as being 'entitled to govern absolutely the dealings of society...individual in the way of compulsion and control'. The principle asserted that 'The only purpose for which power can rightfully be exercised over any...

...as notorious. Mill writes that "The object of this Essay is to assert one very simple principle, as entitled to govern absolutely the dealings of society...the individual in the way of compulsion and control. . . ."" Commentators have complained about Mill's appeal to one very simple principle; they have said...

...Quarterly, vol. 28, 1978, pp. 325-38. Mill's aim in On Liberty is "to assert one very simple principle as entitled to govern absolutely the dealings of society with the individual in the way of compulsion and control".1 That principle, which is often called Mill's harm principle, is this: the sole end for which...

...the liberal tradition in social philosophy. In this book Mill defends one very simple principle, as entitled to govern absolutely the dealings of society...public opinion. That principle is, that the sole end for which mankind are warranted, individually or collectively, in interfering with the liberty of action...

...be known as the harm principle. The object of this Essay is to assert one very simple principle, as entitled to govern absolutely the dealings of society...public opinion. That principle is, that the sole end for which mankind are warranted, individually or collectively, in interfering with the liberty of action...