Emsebenzini wakhe, UJohn Stuart Mill, ongokukhululeka, waba ngowokuqala ukuwubona umahluko phakathi kokukhululeka njengesenzo nokukhululeka ngaphandle (kokunyanzelwa ukuba wenze into). UMill wakwazi noku okokuba iyintoni na ""indalo kunye nemiqathango yamandla engabonwa njengenokusetyenziswa ngokusenthethweni kubo bonke abantu basekuhlaleni"" ade ke ngoko, achaze he describes an inherent and continuous antagonism between liberty and authority and thus, the prevailing question becomes ""how to make the fitting adjustment between individual independence and social control"".