 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 selfprotection; that the only purpose for which power can be rightfully exercised over...  An Introduction to the Problem of Government - Page 21by Westel Woodbury Willoughby, Lindsay Rogers - 1921 - 545 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Elizabeth Price Foley - History - 2008 - 303 pages
...continuing debate. Mill's basic premise is that "the only purpose for which power can be rightfully exercised over any member of a civilized community,...will, is to prevent harm to others. His own good, either physical or moral, is not a sufficient warrant. . . . Over himself, over his own body and mind,... | |
 | John R. Fitzpatrick - Philosophy - 2006 - 191 pages
...of any of their number, is self-protection. That the only purpose for which power can be rightfully exercised over any member of a civilized community,...will, is to prevent harm to others. His own good, either physical or moral, is not a sufficient warrant. He cannot rightfully be compelled to do or forbear... | |
 | Michael Anderheiden - Law and ethics - 2006 - 328 pages
...of any of their number, is self-protection. That the only purpose for which power can be rightfully exercised over any member of a civilized community,...will, is to prevent harm to others. His own good, either physical or moral, is not a sufficient warrant. He cannot rightfully be compelled to do or forbear... | |
 | Chana B. Cox - Biography & Autobiography - 2006 - 302 pages
...moving defense of individualism and of liberty: The only purpose for which power can be rightfully exercised over any member of a civilized community,...will, is to prevent harm to others. His own good, either physical or moral, is not a sufficient warrant. He cannot rightfully be compelled to do or forbear... | |
 | Sharon E. Sytsma - Medical - 2006 - 368 pages
...of any of their number, is self-protection. That the only purpose for which power can be rightfully exercised over any member of a civilized community,...his will is to prevent harm to others. His own good cither physical or moral, is not a sufficient warrant. He cannot rightfully be compelled to ilo or... | |
 | Paul Spicker - Political Science - 2006 - 214 pages
...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, against his will, is to prevent harm to others.... The only part of the conduct... | |
 | Marina Oshana - Philosophy - 2006 - 220 pages
...formulated as the harm principle, it states that "the only purpose for which power can be rightfully exercised over any member of a civilized community, against his will, is to prevent harm to others."29 The harm principle establishes parameters for individual autonomy by showing that... | |
 | Martti Koskenniemi - Law - 2006
...through the "harm principle". According to him: . . . the only purpose for which power can be rightfully exercised over any member of a civilized community, against his will, is to prevent harm to others.56 This solution could, in principle, undertake the task of delimitation if what counts... | |
 | William S. Jamerson - Finance, Public - 2007 - 180 pages
...of any of their number, is self-protection. That the only purpose for which power can be rightfully exercised over any member of a civilized community, against his will, is to prevent harm to others. John Stuart Mill (1856) INTRODUCTION The practice of avoiding persons with contagious... | |
 | Ted Honderich - Political Science - 2006 - 230 pages
...rather his answer the first time he gave it, was that the only purpose for which power can be rightly exercised over any member of a civilized community, against his will, is to prevent harm to others. That has a ring that has recommended it to many. It depends, after the ring, on what... | |
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