John Stuart Mill: An Individual's Right To Choose

An Individual’s Right to Choose. In John Stuart Mill’s “On Liberty,” he placed much emphasis on individual liberty and its vital role in political society. To Mill, this phrase may be defined as the liberty of the individual to be the final judge over their actions; to decide what is right and wrong and to act upon that standard. Mill also implies one’s freedom to pursue one’s own individuality. He also believed in a society in which each individual leads their own distinctive life according to their own unique capacities. So when it comes to the debate on an individual’s choice to choose abortion, society is divided. Abortion is the ending of pregnancy by removing a fetus or embryo before it can survive outside the uterus (Wikipedia). It dwells on the capability of thinking and choosing what should be morally acceptable and what should be unacceptable. Absolute morality that will be agreed upon by the majority of a society is difficult to determine since each individual has the ability to decide for themselves what is morally acceptable. It is because of this decision that our American culture …show more content…
Whether a woman chooses to carry a child to term or chooses to abort, it is legally their choice and society needs to face the reality of truth. In every lifetime someone always does something that others disagree with but cannot begin to understand another person’s mind because everyone is different and has a mind of their own. Society needs to realize their own morals are their own and should not force those morals onto others. Allow people the right to be individuals and establish their own morality. If the government took over and decided to regulate an individual’s morality, the world would be in chaos. This country was based on freedom, why should society’s opinion be the control of an individual’s right to