John Stuart Mill
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Book
On Liberty
Quote on HN
Pursue our own good… so long we do not deprive others of theirs
Quote on women in SoC
No slave is… in so full a sense… as a wife is”
Beliefs on HN
Harm Principle
Fundamentally rational, but not fixed: it is forever progressing to a higher level.
Beliefs on SoC
we must be free to question beliefs within society
Liberty creates culture and intellect
“experiments in living” - a liberal society is one that tolerates the full diversity of lifestyles.
Beliefs on the Role of the State
Representative democracy would encourage developmental individualism
State to protect against threats to each other
Opposed universal suffrage – led to tyranny of majority
A majority can often be wrong
Belief on the state and the economy
State should not interfere in the economy
Type of economics embraced
laissez-faire economics is consistent with liberalism - free exchange of labour and freedom of choice for consumers
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