On LibertyJ. W. Parker and Son, 1859 - 207 páginas |
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... side in any particular case , according to this general direction of their sentiments ; or according to the degree of interest which they feel in the particular thing which it is proposed that the government should do , or according to ...
... side in any particular case , according to this general direction of their sentiments ; or according to the degree of interest which they feel in the particular thing which it is proposed that the government should do , or according to ...
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... side . - In the present age — which has been described as ' destitute of faith , but terrified at scepticism'- in which people feel sure , not so much that their opinions are true , as that they should not know what to do without them ...
... side . - In the present age — which has been described as ' destitute of faith , but terrified at scepticism'- in which people feel sure , not so much that their opinions are true , as that they should not know what to do without them ...
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... side of received opinions , never fail to take all possible advantage of this plea ; you do not find them handling the question of utility as if it could be completely abstracted from that of truth : on the contrary , it is , above all ...
... side of received opinions , never fail to take all possible advantage of this plea ; you do not find them handling the question of utility as if it could be completely abstracted from that of truth : on the contrary , it is , above all ...
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... side , but not on the other . And in point of fact , when law or public feeling do not permit the truth of an opinion to be disputed , they are just as little tolerant of a denial of its usefulness . The utmost they allow is an ...
... side , but not on the other . And in point of fact , when law or public feeling do not permit the truth of an opinion to be disputed , they are just as little tolerant of a denial of its usefulness . The utmost they allow is an ...
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... side . And I denounce and repro- bate this pretension not the less , if put forth on the side of my most solemn convictions . How- ever positive any one's persuasion may be , not only of the falsity , but of the pernicious conse ...
... side . And I denounce and repro- bate this pretension not the less , if put forth on the side of my most solemn convictions . How- ever positive any one's persuasion may be , not only of the falsity , but of the pernicious conse ...
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Página 33 - If all mankind minus one, were of one opinion, and only one person were of the contrary opinion, mankind would be no more justified in silencing that one person, than he, if he had the power, would be justified in silencing mankind.
Página 101 - An opinion that corndealers are starvers of the poor, or that private property is robbery, ought to be unmolested when simply circulated through the press, but may justly incur punishment when delivered orally to an excited mob assembled before the house of a corn-dealer, or when handed about among the same mob in the form of a placard.
Página 190 - A general State education is a mere contrivance for moulding people to be exactly like one another ; and as the mould in which it casts them is that which pleases the predominant power in the government, whether this be a monarch, a priesthood, an aristocracy, or the majority of the existing generation, in proportion as it is efficient and successful, it establishes a despotism over the mind, leading by natural tendency to one over the body.
Página 106 - He who lets the world, or his own portion of it, choose his plan of life for him, has no need of any other faculty than the ape-like one of imitation.
Página 24 - I regard utility as the ultimate appeal on all ethical questions; but it must be utility in the largest sense, grounded on the permanent interests of man as a progressive being.
Página 7 - Liberty : the nature and limits of the power which can be legitimately exercised by society over the individual.!
Página 33 - But I deny the right of the people to exercise such coercion, either by themselves or by their government. The power itself is illegitimate. The best government has no more title to it than the worst. It is as noxious, or more noxious, when exerted in accordance with public opinion than when in opposition to it.
Página 66 - ... struck between two sets of conflicting reasons. Even in natural philosophy there is always some other explanation possible of the same facts; some geocentric theory instead of heliocentric, some phlogiston instead of oxygen; and it has to be shown why that other theory cannot be the true one; and until this is shown, and until we know how it is shown, we do not understand the grounds of our opinion.
Página 140 - ... unfair or ungenerous use of advantages over them; even selfish abstinence from defending them against injury— these are fit objects of moral reprobation, and, in grave cases, of moral retribution and punishment. And not only these acts, but the dispositions which lead to them, are properly immoral, and fit subjects of disapprobation which may rise to abhorrence.
Página 145 - I fully admit that the mischief which a person does to himself, may seriously affect, both through their sympathies and their interests, those nearly connected with him, and in a minor degree, society at large.
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What Is This Thing Called Science? (Third Edition) Alan F. Chalmers Sin vista previa disponible - 1999 |