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Mill: On Liberty

The harm principle: society may limit what you do only to keep you from harming others.

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40 of the 1990 set
Author
John Stuart Mill (1806–1873)
Work
On Liberty 1859

Ideas: Freedom and its limits Truth How societies work

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