...power can be rightfully exercised over any member of a civilized community, against his -[her]-will, is to prevent harm to others. His own good, either physical or moral, is not a sufficient warrant. In the part which merely concerns himself, his independence is, of right, absolute. Over himself, over...

...justification for government control of individual behavior, in John Stuart Mill's (1806-1873) famous words, "is to prevent harm to others. His own good, either physical or moral, is not a sufficient warrant. . . . Over himself, over his own body and mind, the individual is sovereign."81 These attitudes are...

...purpose for which power can rightfully he exercised over a member of a civilised community against his will is to prevent harm to others. His own good, either physical or moral, is not a sufficient warrant.16 That basis for identifying when private behaviour was a legitimate subject of legal regulation...

...purpose for which power can be rightfully exercised over any member of a civilised community, against his will, is to prevent harm to others. His own good, either physical or moral, is not a sufficiennt warrant. The only part of the conduct of any one for which he is amenable to society is...

...collectively, in interfering with the liberty of action of any of their number, is self -protection . . . [ie] to prevent harm to others. His own good, either physical or moral, is not a sufficient warrant" (Mill, 1998]. Libertarian arguments for liberalizing cannabis law (Criminal Justice Commission, 1994;...

...American and British thought for over 100 years, Mill wrote: "[t]he only purpose for which power can be rightfully exercised over any member of a civilized community, against his will, is to prevent harms to others."1 Mill restricts paternalism to children and minors. In this view the common good...

...evoked or echoed John Stuart Mill's "harm principle": "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."70 The following passage is an illustration: "This, as a general rule, should counsel...

...of action of any of their number, is self-protection. 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."35 This has accordingly become known as Mill's "harm principle," and although it captures...

...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 to prevent harm to others"? 177 Light is shed on this by a later passage in On Liberty, in which Mill restated...

...Negatively formulated as the harm principle, it states 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."29 The harm principle establishes parameters for individual autonomy by showing that...