...wherever one wants, even in "some corner of the 1ndies," echoes Mill's second kind of freedom, "the liberty of tastes and pursuits; of framing the plan of our life to suit our own character." And Montaigne's laments about people's inability to meet and associate echoes Mill's third criterion...

...374. 23 Mill, Autobiography, p. 214. 24 Rees, 'A Re-Reading of Mill on Liberty', loc. cit., pp. 127-9. of tastes and pursuits; of framing the plan of our...they should think our conduct foolish, perverse, or wrong.2' And yet, later in the text, one of the cases Mill used to illustrate his principle is put...

...itself, and resting in great part on the same reasons, is practically inseparable from it. Secondly, the principle requires liberty of tastes and pursuits;...should think our conduct foolish, perverse, or wrong. Thirdly, from this liberty of each individual, follows the liberty, within the same limits, of combination...

...liberty is more extensive, in that it requires liberty of tastes and pursuits, of forming our own plan of life to suit our own character, of doing as we like,...should think our conduct foolish, perverse, or wrong. (1859, 16) That it is a moral, rather than a merely political, right is plain from Mill's exposition,...

...itself and resting in great part on the same reasons, is practically inseparable from it. Secondly, the principle requires liberty of tastes and pursuits,...consequences as may follow, without impediment from our fellow creatures, so long as what we do does not harm them, even though they should think our conduct...

...opinion, thought, and sentiment; (2) "liberty of tastes and pursuits," which allows us the freedom of "framing the plan of our life to suit our own character," encompassing the freedom to do as we wish so long as we refrain from causing external harm and are...

...original formulation of the principle, this is something Mill himself seems to see. He thus writes: 'the principle requires liberty of tastes and pursuits;...should think our conduct foolish, perverse, or wrong.' 10 This is where the true, convincing side of Mill's theory shows itself, that is in the notion that...

...liberty, he could easily be describing the idea of the autonomous person in some contemporary discussions: the principle requires liberty of tastes and pursuits;...consequences as may follow: without impediment from our fellow creatures, so long as what we do does not liarin tin-in, even though they should think our conduct...

...increased freedom and participation in democratic institutions. The liberty of tastes and pursuits is that of framing the plan of our life to suit our own character. It is a matter of doing as we like, subject to the consequences, without being impeded by other people....

...itself, and resting in great part on the same reasons, is practically inseparable from it. Secondly, the principle requires liberty of tastes and pursuits;...should think our conduct foolish, perverse, or wrong. Thirdly, from this liberty of each individual, follows the liberty, within the same limits, of combination...