 The only part of the conduct of any one, for which he is amenable to society, is that which concerns others. In the part which merely concerns himself, his independence is, of right, absolute. Over himself, over his own body and mind, the individual is...  The Southern Review - Page 44edited by - 1867Full view - About this book
 | William Edward Hartpole Lecky - Social sciences - 1896 - 656 pages
...sufficient warrant. . . . The CH. vii. THE DOCTRINE OF MILL 123 only part of the conduct of any one for which he is amenable to society is that which...himself, his independence is of right, absolute.' This doctrine, Mill explains, applies only to human beings ' in the maturity of their faculties,' and... | |
 | John Mackinnon Robertson, G. Astor Singer - 1897 - 708 pages
...civilised community, against his will, is to prevent barm to others The only part of the conduct of anyone, for which he is amenable to society, is that which...his own body and mind, the individual is sovereign." There can be no doubt, then, I think, that a fundamental thesis of modern philosophy is that we shall... | |
 | Frederic Harrison - English literature - 1899 - 338 pages
...implies the sovereignty of the individual over his own mind and body. The only part of his conduct for which he is amenable to society is that which concerns others. And this liberty includes liberty of conscience, liberty of tastes and pursuits, liberty of combination.... | |
 | David Josiah Brewer, Edward Archibald Allen, William Schuyler - American essays - 1900 - 450 pages
...deter him must be calculated to produce evil to some one else. The only part of the conduct of any one, for which he is amenable to society, is that which...his own body and mind, the individual is sovereign. It is, perhaps, hardly necessary to say that this doctrine is meant to apply only to human beings in... | |
 | Westel Woodbury Willoughby - Justice - 1900 - 414 pages
...deter him must be calculated to produce evil to some one else. The only part of the conduct of any one, for which he is amenable to society, is that which...of right, absolute. Over himself, over his own body or mind, the individual is sovereign." 1 When Mill in the next to the last sentence uses the expression... | |
 | Law - 1920 - 584 pages
...deter him must be calculated to produce evile to someone else. The only part of the conduct of anyone, for which he is amenable to society is that which...his own body and mind, the individual is sovereign." As against this, the principle, so freely asserted in modern timeSi that what is called society or... | |
 | Moisei Ostrogorski - Great Britain - 1908 - 698 pages
...self-protection; his own good, either physical or moral, is not a sufficient warrant for interference; '• over himself, over his own body and mind, the individual is sovereign." The reasons for restricting individual liberty which might commend themselves to society can only be... | |
 | George Rice Carpenter, William Tenney Brewster - English prose literature - 1904 - 504 pages
...deter him must be calculated to produce evil to some one else. The only part of the conduct of any one, for which he is amenable to society, is that which...his own body and mind, the individual is sovereign. <^ It is, perhaps, hardly necessary to say that this doctrine is meant to apply only to human beings... | |
 | W. W. Hardwicke - Sunday - 1906 - 70 pages
...only part of the conduct of anyone for which he is amenable to society [ie, the community at large] is that which concerns others. In the part which merely...independence is, of right, absolute. Over himself, his own body and mind, the individual is sovereign."1 (5) The same remarks apply to the closing of... | |
 | John Pitcairn - 1907 - 22 pages
...? John Stuart Mill says, in his work on Liberty, page 24: "The only part of the conduct of any one, for which he is amenable to society, is that which...his own body and mind, the individual is sovereign ;'' and, in Book i of Blackstone's Commentaries, page 125, we read: "The absolute rights of man, considered... | |
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