...societies and their governments: The object of this Essay is to assert onr very simple principle... to govern absolutely the dealings of society with...individual in the way of compulsion and control... That principle is. that the sole end of which mankind arc warranted.. . in interfering with the liberty...

...essence of his position as follows: The object of this Essay is to assert one very simple principle, as entitled to govern absolutely the dealings of society...public opinion. That principle is, that the sole end for which mankind are warranted, individually or collectively, in interfering with the liberty of action...

...memorable words he says of this work: The object of this Essay is to assert one very simple principle as entitled to govern absolutely the dealings of society...public opinion. That principle is, that the sole end for which mankind are warranted, individually or collectively, in interfering with the liberty of action...

...invoked and improperly condemned. The object of this Essay is to assert one very simple principle, as entitled to govern absolutely the dealings of society...public opinion. That principle is, that the sole end for which mankind are warranted, individually or collectively, in interfering with the liberty of action...

...Mill wrote in his book On liberty: The object of this essay is to assert one very simple principle, at entitled to govern absolutely the dealings of society...the individual in the way of compulsion and control ... That principle is, that the sole end for which mankind are warranted, individually or collectively,...

...famous passage in the opening pages: The object of this essay is to assert one very simple principle, as entitled to govern absolutely the dealings of society...the individual in the way of compulsion and control. . . . That principle is that the sole end for which mankind are warranted, individually or collectively,...

...that the state of our knowledge is such as to enable us to enunciate any 'very simple principle as entitled to govern absolutely the dealings of society...individual in the way of compulsion and control'. We must proceed in a far more cautious way, and confine ourselves to such remarks as experience suggests...

...this deficiency he proposes one. The object of this Essay is to assert one very simple principle as entitled to govern absolutely the dealings of society...the individual in the way of compulsion and control . . . That principle is ... [t]hat the only purpose for which power can be rightfully exercised over...

...of this essay is to assert one very simple principle, as entitled to govern absolutely the dealing of society with the individual in the way of compulsion...public opinion. That principle is, that the sole end for which mankind are warranted, individually or collectively, in interfering with the liberty of action...

...noncoercive means. It is true, however, that for Mill no opinion or sentiment may be prohibited or punished, "whether the means used be physical force in the form...penalties, or the moral coercion of public opinion." 11 The second tenet of 7 Ibid., 36n. 8 In fact, Mill never uses the phrase 'harm principle'; rather,...