Different Perspectives on Liberty and Equality
John Stuart Mill and Karl Marx had different theories about liberty and equality. Both of
their political beliefs contradicted each other because their meaning of liberty and equality were
completely diverse. Mill's liberty was about individualism while Marx's liberty was about giving
up certain social aspects of the modern world's liberty. Marx specifically targeted towards
abolishing private property which would then lead to political and human emancipation.
However, Mill believed that individuals should have the right to private property because liberty
was about happiness and pleasure. Mill's equality had a different context from Marx's equality.
Mill focused on social …show more content…
Although it seems as if Marx was for equality but not liberty in a capitalist's point of
view, Marx was for equality and liberty. Marx's idea of liberty was complex because he
corresponded liberty with equality. In order to understand Marx's vision of communism, one
must realize that Marx acknowledged and understood the concept of liberty in the modern world.
However, Marx's definition of liberty contradicted Mill's definition of liberty because both
philosophers associated with different politics. In Mill's point of view, Marx was against liberty
because he did not believe in private property in a communist society. Marx believed that being
"propertyless" made "each nation dependent on revolutions of the others which would replace
local individuals with world-historical, empirically universal individuals." For Mill, private
property was one of the fundamental elements of liberty because it gave individuals the right to
practice their own freedom. Taking away one's property meant that their liberty was being
diminished. It was depriving one's right to own private property. Marx's notion of liberty
John Stuart Mill and Karl Marx had different theories about liberty and equality. Both of
their political beliefs contradicted each other because their meaning of liberty and equality were
completely diverse. Mill's liberty was about individualism while Marx's liberty was about giving
up certain social aspects of the modern world's liberty. Marx specifically targeted towards
abolishing private property which would then lead to political and human emancipation.
However, Mill believed that individuals should have the right to private property because liberty
was about happiness and pleasure. Mill's equality had a different context from Marx's equality.
Mill focused on social …show more content…
Although it seems as if Marx was for equality but not liberty in a capitalist's point of
view, Marx was for equality and liberty. Marx's idea of liberty was complex because he
corresponded liberty with equality. In order to understand Marx's vision of communism, one
must realize that Marx acknowledged and understood the concept of liberty in the modern world.
However, Marx's definition of liberty contradicted Mill's definition of liberty because both
philosophers associated with different politics. In Mill's point of view, Marx was against liberty
because he did not believe in private property in a communist society. Marx believed that being
"propertyless" made "each nation dependent on revolutions of the others which would replace
local individuals with world-historical, empirically universal individuals." For Mill, private
property was one of the fundamental elements of liberty because it gave individuals the right to
practice their own freedom. Taking away one's property meant that their liberty was being
diminished. It was depriving one's right to own private property. Marx's notion of liberty