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The Harm (aka Liberty) Principle. ?The only purpose for which power can be rightfully exercised over any member of a civilized community, against his will, is to prevent harm to others. His own good, either physical or moral, is not a sufficient warrant.'. ?Harm'. ?Harm' means harm to our interests.
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1. © Michael Lacewing Mill on the role of law Michael Lacewing
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2. The Harm (aka Liberty) Principle ‘The only purpose for which power can be rightfully exercised over any member of a civilized community, against his will, is to prevent harm to others. His own good, either physical or moral, is not a sufficient warrant.’
3. ‘Harm’ ‘Harm’ means harm to our interests. The interests that count here are those that ought to be considered to be rights, those interests ‘which society ought to defend me in the possession of’. Which interests should be rights is decided by utility, ‘but it must be utility in the largest sense, grounded on the permanent interests of a man as a progressive being’. These permanent, progressive interests include freedom, the pursuit of truth, and the development of individual character.
