 ... and there were no time to warn him of bis danger, they might seize him and turn him back, without any real infringement of his liberty; for liberty consists in doing what one desires, and he does not desire to fall into the river.  Law as a Means to an End - Page 407by Rudolf von Jhering - 1914 - 483 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Great Britain - 1859 - 802 pages
...injury.' In the course of the further discussion, Mr. Mill puts his view still more strongly :— • If either a public officer or any one else saw a person...which had been ascertained to be unsafe, and there was no time to warn him of his danger, they might seize him and turn him back without any real infringement... | |
 | John Stuart Mill - Liberty - 1895 - 404 pages
...operating in the other. Again, it is a proper office of public authority to guard against accidents. If either a public officer or any one else saw a person attempting to (ross a bridge which had been ascertained to be unsa/e, and there were no time to warn him of his danger,... | |
 | Alan A. Stone, Clifford D. Stromberg - Forensic psychiatry - 1975 - 284 pages
...one evidently preparing to commit a crime, they are not bound to look on inactive ... [If they] see a person attempting to cross a bridge which had been ascertained to be unsafe . . . they might seize him and turn him back, without any real infringement to his liberty .... Nevertheless,... | |
 | Torbjörn Tännsjö - Philosophy - 1990 - 164 pages
...as if they were real. To borrow Mill's example, if we saw a person attempting to cross a bridge that had been ascertained to be unsafe, and there were no time to warn him of his danger, there would be no real infringement of his liberty if we seized him and turned him back for, we assume,... | |
 | Gavin Fairbairn - Philosophy - 1995 - 228 pages
...ultimate priority to respect for their wishes. (Harris, 1985, p. 204) If either a public officer or anyone else saw a person attempting to cross a bridge which had been ascertained to be unsafe, and there was no time to warn him of the danger, they might seize him and turn him back, without any real infringement... | |
 | Hans Theodorus Blokland - Political Science - 1997 - 340 pages
...someone else's choices. Often quoted is Mill's example about someone who wants to cross a rickety bridge: If either a public officer or any one else saw a person...to be unsafe, and there were no time to warn him of this danger, they might seize him and turn him back, without any real infringement of his liberty;... | |
 | Gerald F. Gaus - Philosophy - 1999 - 268 pages
...of paternalism. In On Liberty he gives the: Bad Bridge Case. "If either a public officer or anyone else saw a person attempting to cross a bridge which had been ascertained to be unsafe, and there was no time to warn him of his danger, they may seize him and turn him back, without any real infringement... | |
 | Richard Epstein - Law - 2000 - 438 pages
...operating in the other. Again, it is a proper office of public authority to guard against accidents. If either a public officer or any one else saw a person attempting to cross a hridge which had heen ascertained to he unsafe, and there were no time to warn him of his danger, they... | |
 | Ariel Porat, Alex Stein - Law - 2001 - 236 pages
...less informed in making risk-related choices is tantamount to making those choices less autonomously: 'If either a public officer or any one else saw a...there were no time to warn him of his danger, they must seize him and turn him back, without any real infringement of his liberty; for liberty consists... | |
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