Ideologies / Classical Liberal / John Stuart Mill
§ The minds · 1806–1873 · United Kingdom · Philosopher & MP
John Stuart Mill
On liberty
The harm principle and the freedom of the individual.
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SocialistMarket
Governance−55
LibertarianAuthoritarian
Social+60
TraditionalProgressive
The philosopher of liberty whose 'harm principle' set the limits of legitimate power over the individual, and who argued early for women's equality.
social
Strikingly progressive — free speech, women's suffrage, against custom's tyranny.
economic
A market liberal who grew sympathetic to cooperatives and worker dignity.
governance
Champion of individual liberty against state and majority alike.
Notable for
- 'On Liberty' (1859)
- 'The Subjection of Women'
- The harm principle
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