...1859]). Mill describes the essence of his position as follows: The object of this Essay is to assert one very simple principle, as entitled to govern absolutely...the individual in the way of compulsion and control, whether the means used be physical force in the form of legal penalties, or the moral coercion of public...

...principle there in a now famous passage in the opening pages: The object of this essay is to assert one very simple principle, as entitled to govern absolutely...the individual in the way of compulsion and control. . . . That principle is that the sole end for which mankind are warranted, individually or collectively,...

...Mill wrote in his book On liberty: The object of this essay is to assert one very simple principle, at entitled to govern absolutely the dealings of society...the individual in the way of compulsion and control ... That principle is, that the sole end for which mankind are warranted, individually or collectively,...

...history of mankind, but a complete solution of the problems which such a history would offer. I do not believe that the state of our knowledge is such as...remarks as experience suggests about the advantages and disadvantages of compulsion and liberty respectively in particular cases. . . Discussions about...

...customarily tested' and to remedy this deficiency he proposes one. The object of this Essay is to assert one very simple principle as entitled to govern absolutely...the individual in the way of compulsion and control . . . That principle is ... [t]hat the only purpose for which power can be rightfully exercised over...

...equal frequency, improperly invoked and improperly condemned. The object of this Essay is to assert one very simple principle, as entitled to govern absolutely...the individual in the way of compulsion and control, whether the means used be physical force in the form of legal penalties, or the moral coercion of public...

...absolutism. At the beginning of the paragraph in which he introduces the principle, Mill says that it is to 'govern absolutely the dealings of society with...individual in the way of compulsion and control'. Then, toward the end of the same paragraph, Mill reasserts its stringency: 'in the part [of his conduct]...

...of this essay is to assert one very simple principle, as entitled to govern absolutely the dealing of society with the individual in the way of compulsion and control, whether the means used be physical force in the form of legal penalties, or the moral coercion of public...

...Utilitarianism, Liberty, and Representative Government, p. 114. The object of this Essay is to assert one very simple principle, as entitled to govern absolutely...the individual in the way of compulsion and control, whether the means used be physical force in the form of legal penalties, or the moral coercion of public...

...He opened his groundbreaking essay On Liberty (1859) with the words, "one very simple principle [is] entitled to govern absolutely the dealings of society...the individual in the way of compulsion and control. . . . That principle is that the sole end for which mankind are warranted, individually or collectively,...