Political Philosophy · Liberalism
On Liberty
The argument that the only purpose for which power can rightfully be exercised over any member of a civilised community, against his will, is to prevent harm to others. Mill’s case for free expression here is the one nearly every later defence borrows from: that silencing an opinion robs the silenced and the silencer alike, and that even a false opinion is useful for the clearer sense of truth produced by its collision with error.
- Period
- 1859
- Region
- United Kingdom
- Language
- English
- Rights
- Public domain — published 1859, before 1930, so the work is free of copyright in the United States. The scan is Google and the Internet Archive's, released without additional restriction.
- Source
- https://archive.org/details/onliberty03millgoog
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