...things can be seen as a combination of the Kantian imperative and John Stuart Mill's idea of freedom: "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."1" If, as Mill teaches, beings (or things, we now add) have a...

...exercised over any member of a civilized community, against his will, is to prevent harm to others' (68). 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' (72). ethical dilemmas - may be dated from the time of John Stuart...

...to think for oneself, is for Mill the essence of human liberty, suggesting an extreme individualism: "The only freedom which deserves the name, is that...as we do not attempt to deprive others of theirs" (Liberty, 17). That last condition, preventing someone from harming other persons, and specifically...

...want — but an active reflection about what a good life is and a vigorous pursuit of such a life: "The only freedom which deserves the name is that...so long as we do not attempt to deprive others of theirs."12 The free are not constrained in their pursuit of their own good, as long as they do not...

...Kantian. Utilitarians follow JS Mill in endorsing a negative concept of freedom: The only freedom that deserves the name, is that of pursuing our own good...as we do not attempt to deprive others of theirs, or impede their efforts to obtain it.6 When asked why freedom is good, the answer is that freedom is...

...occasion, they get it wrong. "The only freedom which deserves the name," writes Mill in On Liberty, "is that of pursuing our own good in our own way,...as we do not attempt to deprive others of theirs, or impede their efforts to obtain it." He adds that his argument does not depend on any notion of abstract...

...securing only one of the forms of freedom that concerns Mill: our freedom as independent individuals "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" (OL, CW XVIII: 226). Moreover, when Mill refers to the freedom...

...other than freedom "to lead one prescribed form of life.'"6 Therefore, falling back on Mill's assertion that "the only freedom which deserves the name is that of pursuing our own good in our own way," Berlin concentrated on defending a sphere of autonomous conduct from the direct and deliberate encroachments...

...means liberty from; absence of interference beyond the shifting, but always recognizable, frontier. "The only freedom which deserves the name is that of pursuing our own good in our own way," said the most celebrated of its champions. If this is so, is compulsion ever justified? Mill had no...

...refers to actions which are determined by a man himself without any influence of others. JS Mill said, "the only freedom which deserves the name is that of pursuing our own good in our own way". Freedom has also been defined as free persons. Here, freedom refers to a characteristic of persons....