Talk:On Liberty

message: I get a mighty headache attempting to read this. Can any brave souls assist in grammar cleanup and style edits? Wordiness, clarity errors, grammar errors, tense errors, missing citations, etc. throughout here. Please feel free to revert anything you think I screw up, but please look at what I'm trying to do and try to fix the problem. I shall try not to mess with the content here really... 
70.127.17.241 (talk) 19:55, 28 September 2019 (UTC)
thread_title: Cleanup

message: I added the criticism of the contradiction to util, but it would look less awkward with a nice extra few criticisms. Are there any other big ones thrown about in academia of which you can add. Also, I'm working my way through writing sections of the book. I should finish up the summary of the last few chapters by tomorrow. --Polsky215 (talk) 13:30, 28 June 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Any other criticisms to add

message: I thought "tyranny of the majority" was quoted from Alexis de Tocqueville and Democracy in America?
I'm almost certain the term "tyranny of the majority" was coined by on of the United States' "Founding Fathers."  I'm leaning toward Thomas Jefferson but I'm not absolutely sure.207.157.121.50 08:36, 6 October 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm almost certain that the phrase "tyranny of the majority" does not appear anywhere in Mill's On Liberty; although he does make several references to the idea itself, if not to that particular phrase. Nevertheless, I also remain unclear as to why the phrase should link to this specific article. I would suggest either (a) redirecting it to some other work that more explicitly focuses on the problem of the tyranny of the majority; or (b) making a new article altogether that could synthesize in one place the ideas of a number of thinkers, including Mill, on this important concept. --Todeswalzer 23:38, 22 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Tyranny of the Majority"? 

message: Why was Mill's argument in On Liberty a failure? and why would someone hold this view if it was a failure?
:Two words: Cliffs notes. Rhobite 05:16, Jun 20, 2005 (UTC)
Who suggested that Mill's arguments in On Liberty were failures?  Although there are a couple of points with which I disagree, the majority of the book seems to me like common sense, although I'm sure it didn't seem that way to most people when the book was first published.  207.157.121.50 08:42, 6 October 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  why was it a failure? 

message: I removed the following:
This paper's outline of libertarian concepts has earned it a secure place in history. Though it is certainly debatable, most nations are founded on the fundamental principal of human liberty. Some popular actions of states that go against Mill's beliefs on liberty are: 
*the banning of gang membership
*the mandatory use of seatbelts
*the heavy taxation of alcohol as a result of drunk driving
*the heavy taxation of tobacco as a result of lung cancer 
*the criminalisation of hate speech
While there is certainly room for an analysis of how closely Mill's ideas are paralleled in contemporary society, this is horribly unbalanced (for one; it doesn't quote examples where liberal principles *have* been the basis of government policy, perhaps because there are too many to list).  Moreover, there is a question as to how much should be placed in a discussin of Mill's specific book, and how much should be placed within articles on liberalism and libertarianism more generally. --Robert Merkel 23:33, 1 November 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm sure some people interpret Mill that way... but not all by any means.  gren グレン 09:02, 5 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  removed "effects" stuff... 

message: Guess what?  This text made Judith Reisman's list of hamful books.   I realize that she herself may or may not have chosen the list that was reviewed by these 15 "scholars", but it figures all the same. Sweetfreek 07:16, 4 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Other Crud 

message: Why is there commentary on utility and human nature under this section? 128.239.152.92 08:15, 18 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Additional Resources

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thread_title:  External links modified 

message: Cited-referenced the phrase "philosophical work" towards "in the pursuit of Truth" as fundamental to "On Liberty". Please read and go for the consensus.Arnlodg (talk) 19:18, 6 August 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  First sentence