Tuesday, January 25, 2011

John Stuart Mill on Individuality and Despotism

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"Whatever crushes individuality is despotism, by whatever name it may be called and whether it professes to be enforcing the will of God or the injunctions of men."

-John Stuart Mill

In a video made by the University of Richmond, biographer Richard Reeves discusses John Stuart Mill and his views on the individual, society, and the common good at the Jepson Leadership Forum:

Primary Source: John Stuart Mill: On Liberty (Longman Library of Primary Sources in Philosophy) by John Stuart Mill with contributions made by Michael B. Mathias and Daniel Kolak

Secondary Source: John Stuart Mill: Victorian Firebrand by Richard Reeves

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