Mill is known for his theory of Utilitarianism. He considers the consequentialism a result of an act more important than the intention behind it. The value of liberty approaches through a Utilitarian. He emphasizes the idea of liberty as positive aspects for all people in the society. Freedom of opinion is valuable for two main reasons. First, an unpopular opinion can be correct. Secondly, if the opinion is incorrect, a refutation of this will allow people to better understand their opinions. Moreover, all people should be able to do or believe in what they want, as long as it does not have serious negative consequences for other people. This applies to both social and state control. If a person wants to hurt himself, it’s his/her desire and
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Second, silenced opinion as a whole-it might be partly true and the opinion is rarely the complete truth. Third, even if opinion might be complete truth-it will become dogma, prejudice, and formula (exposed to the challenge of free discussion) (581). He didn’t believe in that a person, who is happy, is necessarily the one who is happy for the greatest period of time. In other words, he didn’t consider the equality of happiness to be the same. Higher pleasures (intellectual and spiritual) are carrying more weight than do lower (sensual) pleasures (584). The tyranny of the majority is the concept that in a democratic state, most people can impose their will on a minority. Mill believes that this behavior is "tyrannical" it violates the requirement that minorities are members of society. Moreover, private property should not be canceled, but …show more content…
Individual freedom, in Mill's interpretation, means absolute independence of a person in the sphere of those actions that directly concern only him; it means the possibility of a person to be within the boundaries of this sphere by the master over himself and act in it according to his own understanding. Additionally, in discussions of a representative government, Mill pursues one of his main political ideas of the direct involvement of the people in the organization and activities of the state, the responsibility of the people for the statehood. A representative government is established at the choice of a people who are predisposed to accept this state form. The people must have the desire and ability to do everything necessary to support it-this people must have the desire and ability to perform the duties and functions entrusted to it by this form of government. Also, Mill beliefs of political and economic liberty- the result of suffering from deeper tensions between democracy and liberalism. Moreover, the theory of social contract was first formulated by Rousseau in the "Social Contract" and defines rights as those things that people would agree to protect by society and duties as those things that people would agree to take on as obligations if they were present at the formation of the state. This reflects the idea
Second, silenced opinion as a whole-it might be partly true and the opinion is rarely the complete truth. Third, even if opinion might be complete truth-it will become dogma, prejudice, and formula (exposed to the challenge of free discussion) (581). He didn’t believe in that a person, who is happy, is necessarily the one who is happy for the greatest period of time. In other words, he didn’t consider the equality of happiness to be the same. Higher pleasures (intellectual and spiritual) are carrying more weight than do lower (sensual) pleasures (584). The tyranny of the majority is the concept that in a democratic state, most people can impose their will on a minority. Mill believes that this behavior is "tyrannical" it violates the requirement that minorities are members of society. Moreover, private property should not be canceled, but …show more content…
Individual freedom, in Mill's interpretation, means absolute independence of a person in the sphere of those actions that directly concern only him; it means the possibility of a person to be within the boundaries of this sphere by the master over himself and act in it according to his own understanding. Additionally, in discussions of a representative government, Mill pursues one of his main political ideas of the direct involvement of the people in the organization and activities of the state, the responsibility of the people for the statehood. A representative government is established at the choice of a people who are predisposed to accept this state form. The people must have the desire and ability to do everything necessary to support it-this people must have the desire and ability to perform the duties and functions entrusted to it by this form of government. Also, Mill beliefs of political and economic liberty- the result of suffering from deeper tensions between democracy and liberalism. Moreover, the theory of social contract was first formulated by Rousseau in the "Social Contract" and defines rights as those things that people would agree to protect by society and duties as those things that people would agree to take on as obligations if they were present at the formation of the state. This reflects the idea