On liberty
Series: Longman Library of Primary Sources in Philosophy
Publisher: Longman
Published: December 20, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 192
ISBN-13: 9780321276148
Subjects: Human rights; Philosophy; Textbooks; Criticism; Political; Philosophy / General; General; 1806-1873.; Liberty; Mill, John Stuart,; On liberty
First sentence: [1.1] The subject of this essay is not the so-called liberty of the will - so unfortunately opposed to the misnamed doctrine of philosophical necessity - but civil or social liberty: the nature and limits of the power that can be legitimately exercised by society over the individual.