That principle is, that the sole end for which mankind are warranted, individually or collectively, in interfering with the liberty of action of any of their number, is self-protection. Modern Political Philosophy - Page 36by Richard Hudelson - 1999Limited preview - About this book
| Edgar Quinet - 1881 - 134 pages
...it believes to be utterly corrupting, and which, moreover, are the centres of an influence bent 1 " The sole end for which mankind are warranted, individually...of any of their number, is self-protection.''—!. S. Mill, " On Liberty," pp. 21, 22. on its destruction ! This was the very question that Quinet and... | |
| Edward Bliss Foote - 1884 - 76 pages
...govern absolutely the dealings of society with the individual in the way of compulsion and control. That principle is, that the sole end for which mankind...in interfering with the liberty of action of any of thcir members, is self-protection. The individual cannot rightfully be compelled to do or forbear because... | |
| 1884 - 322 pages
...Liberty." The principle he there lays down is this, that. " the sole end for which mankind are warranted in interfering with the liberty of action of any of their number is self-protection." " To prevent harm to others " is the one and only justification of interference with individual freedom.... | |
| 1909 - 1340 pages
...the fundamentals of our law." Pages 549, 550. John Stuart Mill, In his great work on Liberty, says : "The object of this essay is to assert one very simple...interfering with the liberty of action of any of their numbers is self-protection. That the only purpose for which power can be rightfully exercised over... | |
| George Lacy - 1888 - 388 pages
...they are at all at variance, as the one indeed assumes the other. In one Liberty " is the principle that the sole end for which mankind are warranted...action of any of their number is self-protection." 4 The other is that Liberty consists in the right of everyone who has arrived at the state of manhood... | |
| George Lacy - 1888 - 390 pages
...they are at all at variance, as the one indeed assumes the other. In one Liberty " is the principle that the sole end for which mankind are warranted...with the liberty of action of any of their number is self-protection."4 The other is that Liberty consists in the right of everyone who has arrived at the... | |
| Charles Bray - 1889 - 434 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...self-protection. That the only purpose for which power can be rightfully exercised over any member of a civilised community, against his will, is to prevent harm... | |
| Herbert Spencer - 1891 - 452 pages
...do what is right in his own eyes, provided he does not thereby injure others. To quote Mill :— The principle is that the sole end for which mankind are...self-protection : that the only purpose for which power can be rightfully exercised over any member of a civilised community against his will is to prevent harm... | |
| Thomas Mackay - 1891 - 450 pages
...what is right in his own eyes, provided he does not thereby injure others. To quote Mill : — The principle is that the sole end for which mankind are...self-protection : that the only purpose for which, power can be rightfully exercised over any member of a civilised community against his will is to prevent harm... | |
| Herbert Spencer - 1891 - 452 pages
...do what is right in his own eyes, provided he does not thereby injure others. To quote Mill: — The principle is that the sole end for which mankind are...self-protection : that the only purpose for which power can be rightfully exercised over any member of a civilised community against his will is to prevent harm... | |
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