...his conduct is harmless to others. Thus, the liberty principle does not apply to 'children, or ... young persons below the age which the law may fix as that of manhood or womanhood . . . [or] backward states of society in which the race itself may be considered as [barbarian]'. But...

...himself, over his own body and mind, the individual is sovereign. It is, perhaps, hardly necessary to say that this doctrine is meant to apply only to human...that of manhood or womanhood. Those who are still in a state to require being taken care of by others, must be protected against their own actions as...

...himself, over his own body and mind, the individual is sovereign. It is, perhaps, hardly necessary to say that this doctrine is meant to apply only to human...young persons below the age which the law may fix as manhood or womanhood. Those who are still in a state to require being taken care of by others, must...

...of antipaternalism, he acknowledges early in his essay that "it is, perhaps, hardly necessary to say that this doctrine is meant to apply only to human beings in the maturity of their faculties."41 In the second passage quoted above, he confines the proposition to persons of full age...

...clear that "it is, perhaps, hardly necessary to say that this doctrine [ie, the principle of liberty] is meant to apply only to human beings in the maturity of their faculties." 57 The group of such human beings includes children but also "those backward states of societies in...

...Enlightenment liberty rights are restricted to those who are "in the maturity of their facilities. We are not speaking of children or of young persons below the age ... of manhood or womanhood."19 More recently, O. O'Neill and W. Ruddick argue that children have less...

...clear that "it is, perhaps, hardly necessary to say that this doctrine [ie, the principle of liberty] is meant to apply only to human beings in the maturity of their faculties."57 The group of such human beings includes children but also "those backward states of societies...

...himself, over his own body and mind, the individual is sovereign. It is, perhaps, hardly necessary to say that this doctrine is meant to apply only to human...that of manhood or womanhood. Those who are still in a state to require being taken care of by others, must be protected against their own actions as...

...self-evident that children were too immature to be autonomous: It is perhaps hardly necessary to say that this doctrine is meant to apply only to human beings in the maturity of their facilities. We are not speaking of children, or of young persons below the age which the law may fix...

...himsalL over his own body and mind, the individual is sovereign. It is, perhaps, hardly necessary to say that this doctrine is meant to apply only to human beings in the maturity of their faculfies. We are not speaking of childran or of young persons balow the age which the law may fix...