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Ep. 99 John Stuart Mill’s ‘On Liberty’

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On Liberty or Harm Principle

In On Liberty, he begins it by saying that it's an examination of the nature and limits of the power which can be legitimately exercised by society over the individual. He also says the only freedom which deserves the name is that of pursuing our own good so long as we do not attempt to deprive others of theirs or impede their effort to obtain it.

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