 The only part of the conduct of any one, for which he is amenable to society, is that which concerns others. In the part which merely concerns himself, his independence is, of right, absolute. Over himself, over his own body and mind, the individual is...  Meliora - Page 2021866Full view - About this book
 | 1874 - 596 pages
...any such compulsion or penalty, his conduct must ' be calculated to produce evil to some one else ; over himself, ' over his own body and mind, the individual is sovereign ' — of course whether for good or for evil. We hold this to be a false and detestable principle in... | |
 | John Stuart Mill - Political Science - 1859 - 216 pages
...deter him, must be calculated to produce evil to some one else. The only part of the conduct of any one, for which he is amenable to society, is that...his own body and mind, -the individual is sovereign. It is, perhaps, hardly necessary to say that this doctrine is meant to apply only to human beings in... | |
 | john stuart mill - 1859 - 230 pages
...deter him, must be calculated to produce evil to some one else. The only part of the conduct of any one, for which he is amenable to society, is that...his own body and mind, the individual is sovereign. It is, perhaps, hardly necessary to say that this doctrine is meant to apply only to human beings in... | |
 | Thomas Campbell, Samuel Carter Hall, Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton, Theodore Edward Hook, Thomas Hood, William Harrison Ainsworth, William Ainsworth - 1859 - 520 pages
...of any one, for which he is amenable to society, is that which concerns others. In that part which concerns himself, his independence is, of right, absolute....his own body and mind, the individual is sovereign." In the first main section of his work, the Essayist discusses the Liberty of Thought and Discussion.... | |
 | 1860 - 552 pages
...deter him, must be calculated to produce evil to some otie else. The only part of the conduct of any one for which he is amenable to society, is that which...his own body and mind, the individual is sovereign.' — P. 21. The examination of this leading position shall be deferred. At present we will only observe... | |
 | 1860 - 632 pages
...to some one else. The only part of the conduct of any one, for which he is amenable to society, i* that which concerns others. In the part which merely...himself, over his own body and mind, the individual is sovereign.'—Pp. 21, 22. Such a statement is vague and ambiguous enough, and may mean very different... | |
 | 1860 - 634 pages
...deter him, mnst be calculated to produce evil to some one else. The only part of the conduct of any one, for which he is amenable to society, is that which concerns others I n the part which merely concerns himself, his independence is, of right, absolute. Over himself,... | |
 | John Stuart Mill - Liberty - 1863 - 236 pages
...deter him must be calculated to produce evil to some one else. The only part of the conduct of any one, for which he is amenable to society, is that...his own body and mind, the individual is sovereign. It is, perhaps, hardly necessary to say that this doctrine is meant to apply only to human beings in... | |
 | Lyttleton Forbes Winslow - Forensic psychiatry - 1863 - 788 pages
...liberty belongs to all, whether Christians or not. I admit that the " only part of the conduct of any one, for which he is amenable to society, is that which concerns others." The right which the law asserts, therefore, is not a right to persecute any opinion. Beyond even this,... | |
 | Great Britain - 1864 - 974 pages
...collectively, in interfering with the liberty of action of any of their number, is self-protection." " Over himself, over his own body and mind, the individual is sovereign." " The only freedom which deserves the name is that of pursuing our own good in our own war, во long as... | |
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