 That 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.  The Quarterly Review - Page 108edited by - 1872Full view - About this book
 | john stuart mill - 1859 - 230 pages
...interference of government is, with about equal frequency, improperly invoked and improperly condemned. The object of this Essay is to assert one very simple...will, is 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... | |
 | John Stuart Mill - Political Science - 1859 - 216 pages
...interference of government is, with about equal frequency, improperly invoked and improperly condemned. ' The object of this Essay is to assert one very simple...will, is 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... | |
 | Great Britain - 1859 - 802 pages
...liberty of action of any of their number, is self-protection. The only purpose for which power can be rightfully exercised over any member of a civilized community against his will is ti> prevent harm to others. His own k'ood, either physical or moral, is not a sufficient warrant. He... | |
 | Henry James Slack - Civilization - 1860 - 260 pages
...entitled to govern absolutely the dealings of society with the individual in the way of compulsion or control, whether the means used be physical force...will, is to prevent harm to others. His own good, either physical or moral, is not a sufficient warrant." This principle possesses so much inherent reason... | |
 | 1860 - 634 pages
...of legal penalties, or the moral coercion of puMic opinion. That principle is, that the sole end tor which mankind are warranted, individually or collectively,...will, is to prevent harm to others. His own good, either physical or moral, is not a sufficient warrant. He cannot rightfully In- compelled to do or... | |
 | 1860 - 632 pages
...or the moral coercion of public opinion. That principle is, that the sole end tor which mankind arc warranted, individually or collectively, in interfering...will, is to prevent harm to others. His own good, either physical or moral, is not a sufficient warrant. Ho cannot rightfully be compelled to do or forbear,... | |
 | John Dennis (of London.) - Hours of labor - 1860 - 186 pages
...they wish'd for come." SHAKESPEARE. IT has been lately affirmed by a well-known political economist, that " the only purpose for which power can be rightfully...civilized community against his will is to prevent harm to others." This opinion is capable of much expansion. If carried out into practice, it would... | |
 | John Stuart Mill - Liberty - 1865 - 118 pages
...opinion. TJja^nñjiE ciple is, that the sole end for which mankind are warrant Ciîp^TnclivTcuially or collectively, in interfering with the liberty of...will, is 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... | |
 | Congregationalism - 1866 - 650 pages
...and the principle laid down is "that the sole end for which mankind are warranted individually and collectively, in interfering with the liberty of action...civilized community, against his will, is to prevent harm to others." These are his postulates. He dares not discuss them abstractly, but only as they are... | |
 | Congregationalism - 1866 - 648 pages
...and the principle laid down is "that the sole end for which mankind are warranted individually and collectively, in interfering with the liberty of action...civilized community, against his will, is to prevent harm to others." These are his postulates. He dares not discuss them abstractly, but only as they are... | |
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