On Liberty
by John Stuart Mill
- Length
- 21 mornings, about 2,200 words a reading
About the book
On Liberty is an essay by John Stuart Mill, the English philosopher and economist, first published in London in 1859. Mill asks what power society may rightly use over the individual, whether through law or through the pressure of public opinion. His answer is a single principle: 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. A person’s own good is not enough reason.
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