 | Frank Johnston - 1925 - 376 páginas
...protection of the public. As John Stuart Mill puts it, "the only part of the conduct of any one, for which he is amenable to society, is that which concerns...right, absolute. Over himself, over his own body and mind, the individual is sovereign." (John Stuart Mill—Essay on Liberty.) For example, drunkenness,... | |
 | Frank Paddock - 1925 - 430 páginas
...possessed by others. It was no business of society to interfere with a man's conduct for any other reason. "In the part which merely concerns himself, his independence...right, absolute. Over himself, over his own body and mind, the individual is absolute." Thus society should not punish a man for being drunk, but it might... | |
 | John Stuart Mill - 1926 - 84 páginas
...part of the conduct of any one, for which he is amenable to society, is that which concerns othersT In the part which merely concerns himself, his independence is, of right, absolute, i Over himself, over his own body (i ml in i ml, the individual is .sovereign.^ It is, perhaps, hardly... | |
 | Phillip E. Johnson - 2009 - 194 páginas
...must be thought to produce harm to someone else. "The only part of the conduct of any one, for which he is amenable to society, is that which concerns...which merely concerns himself, his independence is ... absolute. Over himself, over his own body and mind, the individual is sovereign." It's not so simple.... | |
 | Judith Lynn Failer - 2002 - 230 páginas
...furthered "his own good, either physical or moral," the human race cannot progress unless we recognize that in "the part which merely concerns himself, his independence...right, absolute. Over himself, over his own body and mind, the individual is sovereign" (73). But Mill goes on to explain that this freedom from interference... | |
 | Ian N. Olver - 2002 - 184 páginas
...others, to do so would be wise, or even right. ..The only part of the conduct of any one, for which he is amenable to society, is that which concerns others. In the part, which merely concerns him, his independence is, of right, absolute. Over himself, over his own body and mind, the individual... | |
 | Richard Eldridge - 2003 - 300 páginas
...be calculated to produce evil to some one else. The only part of the conduct of any one, for which he is amenable to society, is that which concerns...right, absolute. Over himself, over his own body and mind, the individual is sovereign.20 This is, for Mill, explicitly and exclusively a political principle.... | |
 | Samuel Gregg - 2003 - 148 páginas
...Mill wrote, "in doing what one desires."12 This sentiment is further echoed in Mill's comment that "In the part, which merely concerns himself, his independence...right, absolute. Over himself, over his own body and mind, the individual is sovereign."13 Such language might be easily employed by an anarchist or a libertine,... | |
 | Andrew Bailey - 2004 - 362 páginas
...be calculated to produce evil to some one else. The only part of the conduct of any one, for which he is amenable to society, is that which concerns...right, absolute. Over himself, over his own body and mind, the individual is sovereign. It is, perhaps, hardly necessary to say that this doctrine is meant... | |
 | Robert A. Bowie - 2004 - 356 páginas
...individuals should have full autonomy: 'The only part of the conduct of any one, for which [a citizen] is amenable to society, is that which concerns others....independence is, of right, absolute. Over himself, over his body and mind, the individual is sovereign.' We expect to have control over our bodies in matters of... | |
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The only part of the conduct of any one, for which he is amenable to society, is that which concerns others. In the part which merely concerns himself, his independence is, of right, absolute. Over himself, over his own body and mind, the individual is... 
