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" 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 36
by Richard Hudelson - 1999
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A Plea for Liberty

Thomas Mackay - 1891 - 452 pages
...eyes, provided he does not thereby injure others. To quote Mill:— The principle is that the solo end for which mankind are warranted, individually...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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The Principles of State Interference: Four Essays on the Political ...

David George Ritchie - 1891 - 192 pages
...necessarily hn^jlc tn Hhc1-ty^ when ought theState^ to interfere, and when not ? Mill lays down the rule that " the sole end for which mankind are warranted,...action of any of their number, is self-protection." 1 The State or society, he holds, can never rightly interfere with " that part 1 Liberty, chapter i....
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The Principles of State Interference: Four Essays on the Political ...

David George Ritchie - 1891 - 192 pages
...down the rule that " the sole end for whicfiT~\ mankind are warranted, individually or collectively, I in interfering with the liberty of action of any of their number, is self-protection." 1 The State or society, he holds, can never rightly interfere with " that part of a person's conduct...
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Why Government at All?: A Philosophical Examination of the Principles of ...

William Henry Van Ornum - 1892 - 384 pages
...essential freedom is to the individual, in those matters which pertain immediately to himself. He says: "The sole end for which mankind are warranted, individually...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...
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Life on the Circuit with Lincoln: With Sketches of Generals Grant, Sherman ...

Henry Clay Whitney - 1892 - 772 pages
...unrestrainedly, quite as fully as the Caucasian has a right to pursue merchandize, commerce or the arts. ively in interfering with the liberty of action of any of their number is self -protection. That the only purpose for which power can be rightfully exercised over any member...
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The Greatest Works of the Greatest Authors, Ancient and Modern ...

1894 - 916 pages
...interference of government is, with about equal frequency, improperly invoked and improperly condemned. f the thing ; and the business of poetry is with images,...they are merely the instruments of his art, not its be rightfully exercised over ¡my member of a civilized community, against his will, is to prevent...
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Socialism

Robert Flint - 1894 - 520 pages
...dealing of society with the individual in the way of compulsion and control " — namely, the principle " that the sole end for which mankind are warranted,...any of their number is self-protection ; that the sole purpose for which power can be rightfully exercised over any member of a civilised community,...
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Socialism

Robert Flint - 1894 - 524 pages
...dealing of society with the individual in the way of compulsion and control"— namely, the principle "that the sole end for which mankind are warranted,...of any of their number is self-protection; that the sole purpose for which power can be rightfully exercised over any member of a civilised community,...
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Law in a Free State

Wordsworth Donisthorpe - 1895 - 332 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...
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The Individual and the State: An Essay on Justice ...

Thomas Wardlaw Taylor (jr.) - 1895 - 104 pages
...internal discord, constitutes the true end of the State and must especially occupy its activity."1 "The sole end for which mankind are warranted individually...with the liberty of action of any of their number is self-protection."2 The mission of the State is to maintain the security of the individual and the nation,...
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