Placeholder text

Go to cart

On Liberty

By John Stuart Mill

On Liberty

By John Stuart Mill

0 - Default Title
Description
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.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
128
Release Date:
2026-01-28
Publication Date:
2026-01-28
Publisher:
Lushena Books
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN13:
9798902720430
Weight:
249 g
Height:
140 cm
Width:
216 cm
Thickness:
9 cm
Buy on Amazon
Currently sold out