After reading John Stuart Mill " On Liberty" Chapter 1 Introductory, I was wondering if this would be a good conclusion of his chapter
"Freedoms negates society’s propensity to compel compliance."
After reading John Stuart Mill " On Liberty" Chapter 1 Introductory, I was wondering if this would be a good conclusion of his chapter
"Freedoms negates society’s propensity to compel compliance."
1 Is your suggestion that either of these sentences might replace Mill's own final sentence or is it that it should be added to the chapter ?
2 I should have thought that, if a new sentence were needed, it would be something along the lines of :
'I argue on utilitarian grounds for the fullest extent of individual liberty against the coercive power of public opinion within the sole limits of not causing harm to others, the two principal spheres of application of my argument being liberty of thought and discussion and liberty of action.'
3 Such a sentence would thrust us forwards into the main body of the argument whereas your two candidate sentences, with neither of which I disagree, only reflect back on the chapter and draw morals - lessons - from it.