...whatever may be its form of government; and none is completely free in which they do not exist absolutely and unqualified. The only freedom which deserves the...compelling each to live as seems good to the rest. Apart from the peculiar tenets of individual thinkers, there is also in the world at large an increasing...

...the ruling conviction that underlies this essentially negative conception of freedom when he says, "Mankind are greater gainers by suffering each other...compelling each to live as seems good to the rest" (Burtt 1939:958). He states this conviction somewhat differently when he contends that it is in "proportion...

...argument, but has been implicit from the beginning. In his introductory chapter, Mill states as his thesis 'Mankind are greater gainers by suffering each other...than by compelling each to live as seems good to the rest'47 He regards it as an apologetic convenience that before the exposition of *• Ibid., 117. «...

...compulsion. 46 Whitehead agrees with both Mill and Hobhouse that overall we are better off suffering each to live as seems good to themselves than by compelling each to live as seems good to the rest: "Error is the price which we pay for progress." 47 Such tolerance, indeed encouragement, of social...

...their thoughts and behaviour?" He answered that question in the negative, and quoted John Stuart Mill: ^Each is the proper guardian of his own health, whether...compelling each to live as seems good to the rest." Our First Amendment — which Justice Chabot, quoting the Canadian Supreme Court, referred to as the...

...to bring up his children in accordance with his conscientious beliefs, and quoted John Stuart Mill: "Mankind are greater gainers by suffering each other...than by compelling each to live as seems good to the rest."26 Mill is generally associated with having an ideal view of a maximum of individual liberty...

...(rule-consequentialist) argument against paternalism is more familiar from Mill's antipaternalist stance in On Liberty: "mankind are greater gainers by suffering each other...than by compelling each to live as seems good to the rest."131 Since all persons, according to Locke, are equal and adequately endowed by nature for their...

...approve or not. But John Stuart Mill, the old results-oriented utilitarian, reminds us in On Liberty: The only freedom which deserves the name is that of...compelling each to live as seems good to the rest." Family supports by their nature go to the heart of supporting the personal decisions of how to live...

...against parentalism is ardent. He marshals decisive reasons for the sober conclusion, "Mankind are the greater gainers by suffering each other to live as...compelling each to live as seems good to the rest." 6 This advice should be kept in mind as we cautiously endorse particular sorts of intervention. Our...

...conduct foolish, perverse or wrong... . Mankind are greater gainers by suffering each other to live as it seems good to themselves, than by compelling each to live as seems good to the rest. n Cardinal Newman had argued that Roman Catholicism thrives best where genuine religious liberty exists;...