John Stuart Mill

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This paper explains that Mill assumed that a society, which favored liberty and freedom of people was the perfect one. It shows how Mill believed that this sort of society inspired men with drive, as well as those happy with the status quo.

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"Mill did not contemplate lack of restrictions of the right to property as being an ingredient of liberty. He was in support of legacy taxation, safeguard measures for trade, and controlling the duty hours put in by staff. Amusingly, though Mill supported compulsory educative system, he was against compulsory system of going to schools. As an alternative he campaigned for a method for schools and a method of examination to make sure that people had attained a bare minimum stage of education. Hence Liberty was not a general notion to Mill. He viewed liberty as that which needed economic prosperity and thus was more of an individuality-based that was related to class thinking. Thus Mill viewed, liberty was meant for the rare few who possessed the "potential" to take pleasure in independence, contrary to appreciating that entire society people are subjected to regulations for years to come. (Laine, 60)"

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