...essay on liberty, Mill stated his defense of individual liberty in the form of a principle that is to govern absolutely the dealings of society with...the individual in the way of compulsion and control, whether by physical force in the form of legal penalties, or [by] the moral coercion of public opinion....

...by quoting from On Liberty, where Mill asserts what he describes as "one very simple principle . . . 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 in the form of legal penalties, or the moral coercion...

...government to be their power, or its opinions their opinions. The object of this essay is to assert one simple principle, as entitled to govern absolutely the dealings of society with the individual. That principle is that the sole end for which mankind are warranted in interfering with the liberty...

...'personal,' and 'autonomous.'"33 In his essay On Liberty, Mill used the word "absolute" twice: "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...

...Supporters for this view generally stress the following passage: 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...

...verantwortlich. Im Klassiker ,,On Liberty" heißt es hierzu: „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...

...crucial passage in the writings of JS Mill at some length: 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...

...improperly condemned.' Therefore, 'The object of this essay', he wrote in On Liberty, 'is to assert one very simple principle, as entitled to govern absolutely...society with the individual in the way of compulsion and control'.99 Mill then proceeded to state the principle: 'That principle', he said, 'is that the sole...

...writes the following: The object of this Essay is to assert one very simple principle, as entitles to govern absolutely the dealings 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...

...methodological objection concerns the absurdity of reducing politics to general axiomatic principles: 'I do not believe that the state of our knowledge is such as...society with the individual in the way of compulsion and control"'100 But Mill restricts the application of his principle both to agents satisfying certain...