Response To John Stuart Mill's On Liberty

One thing stated by the Doctrine of Doing and Allowing is that there is a variation between doing and allowing. It is morally wrong to do a harm rather than allowing a harm to happen. She speaks of two types of duties: positive and negative. She speaks of negative duties or rights, “when thinking of the obligation to refrain from such things as killing or robbing” (380). Foot explains that a negative right is a right which is not to be harmed.

To prohibit conduct that unjustifiably or inexcusably causes or threatens substantial harm to individuals as well as

Sequently, not only is the duty and obligations of school systems to provide a high class education for all students, but also because it is morally correct to help students achieve their full potential. Unfortunately, without proper accommodations, engaging forms of learning, and recognizing that teaching a student is more than just a job it would be simply impossible to teach to the best of ones abilities. African Americans are entitled to an education in which they can best learn from, and understanding and be considerate of their first language is key. “The Equal Educational Opportunities Act required each district "to take appropriate action to overcome language barriers that impede equal participation by its students in its instructional programs" (20 U.S.C. § 1703[f])” and “the failure by an

(Elliot 1). One student even wrote that they felt like dropping out of school after learning what it was like to be discriminated against. School has always played an important part in students developing their identities; however, such a process can be subjected to unnecessary compromise and alteration through the literary practices of the education system (Huang 329). When students are exposed to a biased schooling, they are unable to develop their own opinions and ideas, restricting their potential and

In the Harm Principle Mill suggests that the actions of individuals should be limited to prevent the harm of others . An individual may do whatever he or she wants, as long as these actions do not harm others. Mill believes in an individual’s autonomy; being self governed. We can live as we wish, and therefor also die as and when we wish. As Mill says: “the only purpose for which power can be rightfully exercised over any member of a civilised community, against his will, is to prevent harm to others.

Both the harm principle and legal paternalism are aimed at upholding an individual’s liberties within the law. However, they argue different view points and restrictions. The harm principle is chiefly concerned with upholding an individual’s right to somehow harm oneself, while legal paternalism says the law can interfere to prevent an individual from harming oneself. This is the most obvious distinction between the two philosophies. Dworkin’s argument for legal paternalism, however, uses Mill’s argument against him, and ultimately proves to be the stronger principle to justify law.

Introduction The film, Mean Girls, a 2004 American teen comedy, focuses on female high school social “cliques” and their effects. In doing so, the movie brings up various topics of sociological relevance, with connections to two of the main topics discussed in the first semester of this course. This film’s characters and world tie into modern socialization and gender issues, giving sociologists a satirical in-depth view of the social hierarchy present in today’s youth—particularly concentrated in young female teenagers. The movie addresses gender stereotypes, socialization and assimilation into a complex high school environment, self-fulfilling prophecy, and various other concepts important to the development of a social self for teens in the

Regis University Course: political thought Professor: Murugan Subban Student: Hissen Sadan Idris Mill and Liberalism” • What did Mill believe about the extent of personal freedom? Mill argued that it is best for the individual specifically persons to be given freedom and freedom to develop their own character. He went a had onto saying that, the world is made up of so many people and within these people they are made up of different natures, societies and communities so all of them should be given space and time so that they could discover and develop their own personalities in their own freedom. His strong claim was that human nature is not a machine that starts working immediately after its built and perform exact work it was design for

Introduction: John Stuart Mill essay on Consideration On representative Government, is an argument for representative government. The ideal form of government in Mill's opinion. One of the more notable ideas Mill is that the business of government representatives is not to make legislation. Instead Mill suggests that representative bodies such as parliaments and senates are best suited to be places of public debate on the various opinions held by the population and to act as watchdogs of the professionals who create and administer laws and policy.

Abstract Scholars subscribe to the view that the most potent way of determining the usefulness of any good theory is its applicability to existing societal realities. John Stuart Mill’s theories of liberty, the subjection of women and utilitarianism represents such theories and have helped to shape up the frame of thought of many constitutions in human history. This is evidenced by the attention paid by such constitutions to certain concepts like, freedom, liberty and equality. Mill is considered among the most influential thinkers in the history of liberalism for he contributed widely to social theory, political theory and political economy.

The movie “Freedom Writers” presents itself as a movie that challenges stereotypes and stigmas against students who come from stigmatized backgrounds. While the film addresses some problematic assumptions, it also exacerbates other stereotypes and misconceptions. The film “Freedom Writers” begins with the intention to disprove the idea that students from certain ethnic and racial backgrounds are “unteachable,” but the narrative of the movie contains many errors in the depiction of the students and the portrayal of the teacher. The depiction of the students is problematic because the actors are much older than the age of the children they are expected to be portraying.

John Stuart Mill’s philosophy over what is considered to be the ultimate sanction of all morality has been a topic discussed by many but adequately explained by few. Being a utilitarian, Mills believes that any action that advocates happiness for the greatest number of people is deemed morally accurate. In this paper, I will express my agreement in Mills doctrine of happiness for the greater good being the ultimate sanction of all morality. Morality. Principles dealing with the difference between good and bad or good/bad behavior.

John Stuart Mill was an English philosopher and an influential political theorist. In his great work, On Liberty, demonstrated the harm principle. Along with the harm principle, there is a great question among the text. The question is, why should heresy be permitted? As a Christian, seeking the truth is hard due to many heresies that are in the world.

This is evidenced in On Liberty specifically in reference to the harm principle. Although I mentioned On the Subjection of Women first to make clear Mill’s ideas of an ideal society, the main idea of his first work is how that progress is achieved. In the practice of a society that only has laws to prevent the harm of others, Mill sees humans as flourishing in their natural state. The hampering of progress can be achieved through regulation that extends outside of the basic preservation of the harm principle. Although this can be seen as Mill viewing progress as being able to be controlled I believe Mill’s view of the natural human state of progress is more fundamental to his philosophy.

Furthermore, take the case where if a child wasn’t locked up in prison for the rest of their life then ten people would die as a result. The utilitarian would say that the balance of happiness over harm would support locking the child up. However, there is a conflict here between individual freedom and abiding by the principle of utility. Following the principle of utility as Mill requires will result in a lack of freedom for that child in question who has been locked up. Not only does this show utilitarianism can lead to immoral, repugnant conclusions, but such outcomes contradict with Mill’s formation of individual freedom in On Liberty and reveals the inconsistency of Mill’s conceptions of liberty when squared with