On LibertyTicknor and Fields, 1863 - 223 páginas From the Introduction In his Autobiography, Mill predicts that the essay On Liberty is "likely to survive longer than anything else that I have written." He goes on to say that the essay is the expression of a "single truth: " "the importance, to man and society, of a large variety of types of character, and of giving full freedom to human nature to expand itself in innumerable and conflicting directions." In the essay itself, Mill defines his subject as "the nature and limits of the power which can be legitimately exercised by society over the individual." He defends the absolute freedom of individuals to engage in conduct not harmful to others, and the near-absolute freedom to express and discuss opinions of all kinds. Mill's essay survives, as he had predicted, because his powerful message is still widely rejected by the powerful, and by those who continue to seek power over the lives of others. |
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... unless a strong barrier of moral con- viction can be raised against the mischief , we must expect , in the present circumstances of the world , to see it increase . It will be convenient for the argument , if , instead of at once ...
... unless a strong barrier of moral con- viction can be raised against the mischief , we must expect , in the present circumstances of the world , to see it increase . It will be convenient for the argument , if , instead of at once ...
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... unless they are quite sure of being right . But when they are sure ( such reasoners may say ) , it is not conscientiousness but cowardice to shrink from acting on their opinions , and allow doctrines which they hon- estly think ...
... unless they are quite sure of being right . But when they are sure ( such reasoners may say ) , it is not conscientiousness but cowardice to shrink from acting on their opinions , and allow doctrines which they hon- estly think ...
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... unless human affairs are , and have always been , in an almost desperate state it is owing to a quality of the human mind , the source of everything respectable in man either as an intellectual or as a moral be- ing , namely , that his ...
... unless human affairs are , and have always been , in an almost desperate state it is owing to a quality of the human mind , the source of everything respectable in man either as an intellectual or as a moral be- ing , namely , that his ...
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... unless the reasons are good for an extreme case , they are not good for any case . Strange that they should imag- ine that they are not assuming infallibility , when they acknowledge that there should be free discussion on all subjects ...
... unless the reasons are good for an extreme case , they are not good for any case . Strange that they should imag- ine that they are not assuming infallibility , when they acknowledge that there should be free discussion on all subjects ...
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... unless , therefore , it was his duty to adopt that religion , it seemed to be his duty to put it down . Inasmuch then as the theology of Christianity did not appear to him true or of divine origin ; inasmuch as this strange his- tory of ...
... unless , therefore , it was his duty to adopt that religion , it seemed to be his duty to put it down . Inasmuch then as the theology of Christianity did not appear to him true or of divine origin ; inasmuch as this strange his- tory of ...
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What Is This Thing Called Science? (Third Edition) Alan F. Chalmers Sin vista previa disponible - 1999 |