...initial summary of his aim, his project in On Liberty? His initial summary goes this way (chapter 1): "The object of this essay is to assert one very simple principle,... that the sole end for which mankind are warranted, individually or collectively, in interfering with...

...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,...

...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...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. That...

...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...

...private sphere The classic statement of negative freedom is found in John Stuart Mill's book, On liberty. The object of this Essay is to assert one very simple principle.... That the only purpose for which power can rightfully be exercised over any member of a civilised community,...

...improperly invoked and improperly condemned.' Therefore, 'The object of this essay', he wrote in On Liberty, 'is to assert one very simple principle, as entitled...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...

...guidance, Mill's writings are both helpful and unassailable. In On Liberty, he 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...

...principles: 'I do not believe that the state of our knowledge is such as to enable us to enunciate any "very simple principle as entitled to govern absolutely...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...

...one of the first defences and interpretations of the harm principle. In On Liberty he says that he is to 'assert one very simple principle, as entitled...absolutely the dealings of society with the individual That principle is that the sole end for which mankind are warranted, individually or collectively,...