John Stuart Mill's “On Liberty”

Introduction

John Stuart Mill was a philosopher of the early 19th century who had a strong belief that an individual's freedom was one of the most significant conditions for becoming ethically good. Freedom is essential if one wants to go out and follow one's dream. It is crucial for the well being and happiness of an individual. According to Mill

“Like other tyrannies, the tyranny of the majority was at first, and is still vulgarly, held in dread, chiefly as operating through the acts of the public authorities. But reflecting persons perceived that when society is itself the ...