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" The only freedom which deserves the name is that of pursuing our own good in our own way, so long as we do not attempt to deprive others of theirs or impede their efforts to obtain it. "
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The Family in the Modern Age: More Than a Lifestyle Choice

Brigitte Berger - Social Science - 282 pages
...in a multiplicity of ways. Contrary to the high priest of individualism, John Stuart Mill, for whom "the only freedom which deserves the name, is that of pursuing our own good in our own way," the family perspective central to this book permits us to see how modern individuals as free agents...
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Democracy's Midwife: An Education in Deliberation

Jack Crittenden - Education - 2002 - 266 pages
...Autonomy is not new to liberalism. Its flavor is captured in John Stuart Mill's notion of freedom: "The only freedom which deserves the name, is that of pursuing our own good in our own way"6 (On Liberty). We can do so, because with formal operational thinking, we have the capacity "to...
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Turning Operations: Feminism, Arendt, and Politics

Mary G. Dietz - Philosophy - 2002 - 308 pages
...formulation can be found in John Stuart Mill's On Liberty ([1854] 1961, 266) and in his observation that "the only freedom which deserves the name, is that of pursuing our own gooc in our own way, so long as we do not attempt to deprive others of theirs, o impede their efforts...
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The Illusions of Egalitarianism

John Kekes - Philosophy - 2003 - 252 pages
...stresses the central importance of freedom in a good society. She takes no notice whatever of Mill's view that the "only freedom which deserves the name is...as we do not attempt to deprive others of theirs. . . . Each is a proper guardian of his own health, whether bodily or mental and spiritual. Mankind...
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Setting in the East: Maritime Realist Fiction

David Craig Creelman - Literary Criticism - 2003 - 272 pages
...will" (Barney). Individualist liberal values are most succinctly expressed by John Stuart Mill's claim that, "The only freedom which deserves the name, is...as we do not attempt to deprive others of theirs, or impede their efforts to obtain it. Each is the proper guardian of his own health, whether bodily,...
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And I Quote, Revised Edition: The Definitive Collection of Quotes, Sayings ...

Ashton Applewhite, Tripp Evans, Andrew Frothingham - Language Arts & Disciplines - 2003 - 552 pages
...liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. — Benjamin Franklin • The only freedom which deserves the name is that of...as we do not attempt to deprive others of theirs, or impede their efforts to obtain it. Each is the proper guardian of his own health, whether bodily,...
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சுராவின் அகர வரிசையில் ஆங்கில தமிழ் பழமொழிகள்

D. V. ரங்கராஜன் - Didactic poetry, Tamil - 2003 - 554 pages
...freedom now desired by many is not freedom to do and dare but, freedom from care and worry. ui GUIT 1288. The only freedom which deserves the name is that of...long as we do not attempt to deprive others of theirs or impede their efforts to obtain it. - Stuart Mill 1289. Since the general civilisation of mankind,...
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Decisions and Dilemmas: Working with Mental Health Law

Jill Peay - Law - 2003 - 238 pages
...choices may do harm to others, or harm to themselves if made incapacitously. JS Mill48 expressed it thus: The only freedom which deserves the name, is that...as we do not attempt to deprive others of theirs, or impede their efforts to obtain it. Each is the proper guardian of his own health, whether bodily,...
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Asian Discourses of Rule of Law: Theories and Implementation of Rule of Law ...

Randall P. Peerenboom - Rule of law - 2004 - 508 pages
...theory of liberalism. The core of liberalism is its emphasis on individual liberty.1 Liberalism holds that: "The only freedom which deserves the name, is...as we do not attempt to deprive others of theirs, or impede their efforts to obtain iL"2 In the liberal social contract tradition, initiated by Hobbes...
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Europe of human rights

Enric Olivé i Serret - Political Science - 2004 - 192 pages
...form of government; and none is completely free in which they do not exist absolutely and unqualified. The only freedom which deserves the name, is that...as we do not attempt to deprive others of theirs, or impede their efforts to obtain it. Each is the proper guardian of his own health, whether bodily,...
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