...security of others. It is proper to state • that I forego any advantage which could be derived to my argument from the idea of abstract right as a thing independent of utility. I regare^ utility as the ultimate appeal on all ethical questions; but it must be utility in the largest...

...character of the man who judges. In the 'Liberty' he states that the utility which is the ultimate appeal "must be utility in the largest sense. grounded on the permanent interests of man a~ a progressive being." The motives on which he relies are not the external "sanctions" of Be-itham...

...essay on Liberty, published in 1859, but 'first planned and written as a short essay in 1854,' he says: 'I regard utility as the ultimate appeal on all ethical...permanent interests of man as a progressive being.' * He adopts as the motto of the essay the words of Von Humboldt : ' The grand, leading principle, towards...

...character of the man who judges. In the 'Liberty' he states that the utility which is the ultimate appeal "must be utility in the largest sense, grounded on...permanent interests of man as a progressive being." The motives on which he relies are not the external "sanctions" of Bentham ; nor yet the association...

...that is, the prevention of harm to others. He bases the proposition not on abstract rights, but on "utility, in the largest sense, grounded on the permanent interests of man as a progressive being." He then uses the following argument to show that to silence opinion and discussion is always contrary...

...idea of abstract right as a thing independent of utility, which I regard as the ultimate appeal in all ethical questions ; but it must be utility in...permanent interests of man as a progressive being." A number of Mill's admirers in England have always insisted that if he had lived to see all the limitations...

...most eminent supporters dissenting. Even John Stuart Mill said : "I forego any advantage derived to my argument from the idea of abstract right as a thing independent of utility, which I regard as the ultimate appeal in all ethical questions ; but it must be utility in the largest...

...perfectly clear decision. The renunciation, in the introductory chapter of Mill's Liberty, of any advantage "from the idea of abstract right, as a thing independent of utility," must be itself in turn disclaimed ; though this does not in the least deprive Mill's arguments of their...

...character of the man who judges. In the 'Liberty' he states that the utility which is the ultimate appeal "must be utility in the largest sense, grounded on...permanent interests of man as a progressive being." The motives on which he relies are not the external "sanctions" of Bentham ; nor yet the association...

...security of others. It is proper to state that I forego any advantage which could be derived to my argument from the idea of abstract right, as a thing independent of utility. Ijregard utility as the ultimate appeal on all ethical questions; but it must be utility in the largest...