John Stuart Mill: On Liberty, Gebunden
On Liberty
- Publisher:
- Lushena Books, 01/2026
- Binding:
- Gebunden
- Language:
- Englisch
- ISBN-13:
- 9798902720539
- Item number:
- 12611601
- Volume:
- 128 Pages
- Weight:
- 380 g
- Format:
- 222 x 145 mm
- Thickness:
- 12 mm
- Release date:
- 28.1.2026
- Note
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Caution: Product is not in German language
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| Buch, Kartoniert / Broschiert, Englisch | EUR 19.71* |
Blurb
On Liberty is John Stuart Mill's elegant defense of personal freedom in a world that loves to tell people what's "good for them." His core idea is the harm principle: society may limit an individual's actions only to prevent harm to others, not to enforce morality, tradition, or majority opinion. Mill argues that free speech-even offensive or unpopular speech-is vital, because silencing ideas robs us of truth, weakens our understanding of what we believe, and turns living beliefs into dead dogma. He extends this logic to lifestyle choices: diversity of thought, character, and ways of living is not a social problem but a social engine. Progress comes from experiments in living. In short, Mill's book is a manifesto for individuality under law: protect people from harming one another, but otherwise let them think, speak, and live boldly. Freedom, for Mill, isn't chaos-it's the condition that allows truth, creativity, and human growth to exist at all.