On Liberty

John Stuart Mill, one of the foremost nineteenth-century spokesmen for liberalism, advocated Utilitarianism, the view that we should each act so as to promote the greatest happiness for the greatest number of people. He very much stressed the individual rights, calling for more power and freedom for people. In such writings as On Liberty, Mill argues that in the past the dangers had been that monarchs held power at the expense of the common people …

…Liberty, attempts to give us guidelines to work with in deciding what is true harm to others. Through some ways he does that extremely well, and through others he doe it bad. As adults in this society, we must step forward and decide how we want life to be lived. We control our future and decide whether or not it is going to be peaceful and happy or full of war and sadness. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**