Chapter 1, paragraph 9
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 self-protection.Read in Books4Free →
Methodological Statement
From On Liberty by John Stuart Mill
Mill announces that the essay will defend one principle to govern all coercion, and that his appeal is to utility rather than abstract right, while insisting the principle is entitled to govern absolutely.
Chapter 1, paragraph 11
Disavowal of any 'advantage which could be derived to my argument from the idea of abstract right, as a thing independent of utility.'
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