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On Liberty

The title page of the first edition, published 1859
Author	John Stuart Mill
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English
Subject	Liberty
Publication date	1859

On Liberty is an essay by the English philosopher John Stuart Mill. Published in 1859, it applies Mill's ethical system of utilitarianism to society and state.^[1][2] Mill suggests standards for the relationship between authority and liberty. He emphasizes the importance of individuality, which he considers prerequisite to the higher pleasures—the summum bonum of utilitarianism. Furthermore, Mill asserts that democratic ideals may result in the tyranny of the majority. Among the standards proposed are Mill's three basic liberties of individuals, his three legitimate objections to government intervention, and his two maxims regarding the relationship of the individual to society.

On Liberty was a greatly influential and well-received work. Some classical liberals and libertarians have criticized it for its apparent discontinuity^[specify] with Utilitarianism, and vagueness in defining the arena within which individuals can contest government infringements on their personal freedom of action.^[3] The ideas presented in On Liberty have remained the basis of much political thought. It has remained in print since its initial publication. A copy of On Liberty is passed to the president of the British Liberal Democrats as a symbol of office.^[4]

Mill's marriage to Harriet Taylor Mill greatly influenced the concepts in On Liberty, which was published shortly after she died.

John Stuart Mill
1873 portrait by George Frederic Watts
Member of Parliament for City of Westminster
In office 25 July 1865 – 17 November 1868 Serving with Robert Grosvenor
Preceded by	De Lacy Evans
Succeeded by	William Henry Smith
Personal details
Born	20 May 1806 Pentonville, Middlesex, England
Died	8 May 1873 (aged 66) Avignon, Vaucluse, France
Political party	Liberal
Spouse	Harriet Taylor ​ ​ (m. 1851; died 1858)​
Parent	James Mill (father)
Alma mater	University College London
Philosophy career
Era	19th-century philosophy Classical economics
Region	Western philosophy
School	Empiricism Utilitarianism Consequentialism Psychologism Classical liberalism
Main interests	Economics ethics logic politics
Notable ideas	Public/private sphere social liberty hierarchy of pleasures in utilitarianism rule utilitarianism classical liberalism early liberal feminism harm principle Mill's Methods direct reference theory Millian theory of proper names emergentism
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John Stuart Mill (20 May 1806 – 7 May 1873)^[1] was an English philosopher, political economist, politician and civil servant. One of the most influential thinkers in the history of classical liberalism, he contributed widely to social theory, political theory, and political economy. Dubbed "the most influential English-speaking philosopher of the nineteenth century" by the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy,^[2] he conceived of liberty as justifying the freedom of the individual in opposition to unlimited state and social control.^[3]

Mill was a proponent of utilitarianism, an ethical theory developed by his predecessor Jeremy Bentham. He contributed to the investigation of scientific methodology, though his knowledge of the topic was based on the writings of others, notably William Whewell, John Herschel, and Auguste Comte, and research carried out for Mill by Alexander Bain. He engaged in written debate with Whewell.^[4]

A member of the Liberal Party and author of the early feminist work The Subjection of Women, Mill was also the second member of Parliament to call for women's suffrage after Henry Hunt in 1832

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