Mill indicates that "liberty consists in doing what one desires, and [one] does not desire to fall into the river." Does this claim solve the problem it was introduced to solve paternalism?
Title: Mill indicates that "liberty consists in doing what one desires, and [one] does not desire to fall into the river." Does this claim solve the problem it was introduced to solve paternalism?
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Mill indicates that "liberty consists in doing what one desires, and [one] does not desire to fall into the river." Does this claim solve the problem it was introduced to solve paternalism?
Category: /Society & Culture/People
Details: Words: 1285 | Pages: 5 (approximately 235 words/page)
The debate over state interference in personal liberties has been a reoccurring concern since the beginning of the first types of democracies. In John Stuart Mill's, On Liberty, Mill addresses the need for little state intervention in order to respect personal liberty and autonomy. In his essay, Mill stresses the importance of the individual and the need for government not to restrain these liberties through paternalistic means. With his firm stance of his Harm Principle, …showed first 75 words of 1285 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 1285 total…Moreover, there are no cases when it is acceptable to force an individual to do something for his own good. His principle will never allow for paternalism. Mill's principle dictates the freedom to conduct oneself as he sees fit, so long as all others are left unharmed. As he indicated, which I stand firmly by with my argument, "liberty consists in doing what one desires, and [one] does not desire to fall into the river."
