On Liberty's Liberty.
The writer contends that John Stuart Mill's On Liberty supports drug legalization because there is no reason for a country to stop citizens consuming any substance at their own risk. He points out that Mill's notion of liberty exists in tandem with anti-liberal ideas, some of which are quite hostil...
| Published in: | Independent Review Vol. 14; no. 4; pp. 599 - 613 |
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Independent Institute
Spring 2010
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| Summary: | The writer contends that John Stuart Mill's On Liberty supports drug legalization because there is no reason for a country to stop citizens consuming any substance at their own risk. He points out that Mill's notion of liberty exists in tandem with anti-liberal ideas, some of which are quite hostile to freedom. He argues that Mill's could not find logic in family, marriage, religion, tradition, morality, and custom, as he saw them as repressive obstacles to freedom rather than the bulwarks of liberty. |
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