No. 08 · The Well-Read 30On LibertyJohn Stuart Mill1859
Politics & society · 1859
On Liberty
Mill asks when society may limit individual freedom and why unpopular ideas need room to be heard.
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Its harm principle remains a starting point for arguments about speech, autonomy, public pressure, and state power.
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