 ... any future use of it, beyond that single act. He therefore defeats, in his own case, the very purpose which is the justification of allowing him to dispose of himself.  On Liberty - Page 61by John Stuart Mill - 1913 - 68 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Franklin E. Zimring, Gordon Hawkins - Political Science - 1995 - 244 pages
...free; but is thenceforth in a position which has no longer the presumption in its favor, that would be afforded by his voluntarily remaining in it. The...peculiar case, are evidently of far wider application. (Mill, 1859/1910, pp. 157-8) John Kaplan raised the question whether this "far wider application" might... | |
 | Rod L. Evans, Irwin M. Berent - Family & Relationships - 1992 - 376 pages
...for a slave, he abdicates his liberty; he foregoes any future use of it beyond that single act ... The principle of freedom cannot require that he should...not freedom to be allowed to alienate his freedom." i It is not clear whether Mill completely understood the implications for the harm principle of this... | |
 | Michael J. Trebilcock - Law - 1997 - 326 pages
...free, but is thenceforth in a position which has no longer the presumption in its favor that would be afforded by his voluntarily remaining in it. The...freedom cannot require that he should be free not to be free.48 The most straightforward interpretation of Mill's views on slavery contracts seems to be that... | |
 | John Kultgen - Philosophy - 1995 - 277 pages
...for a slave, he abdicates his liberty; he foregoes any future use of it beyond the single act. . . . The principle of freedom cannot require that he should...not freedom, to be allowed to alienate his freedom, (pp. 299-300) This is (in Arneson's terms) a "wayward" passage for my interpretation of Mill. In defense... | |
 | Stephen Holmes - Literary Criticism - 1995 - 360 pages
...own case, the very purpose which is the justification of allowing him to dispose of himself. . . . The principle of freedom cannot require that he should...free. It is not freedom to be allowed to alienate his freedom."157 Here we are faced with another fundamental norm of liberal constitutionalism. You cannot... | |
 | Daniel Callahan - Medical - 1995 - 328 pages
...wrote," [a person] abdicates his liberty; he forgoes any future use of it beyond that single act. . . . The principle of freedom cannot require that he should...free. It is not freedom to be allowed to alienate his freedom."15 The same reasoning can extend to that alienation both of freedom and of life represented... | |
 | Jean Bethke Elshtain, J. Timothy Cloyd - History - 1995 - 354 pages
...justification of allowing him to dispose of himself." One limitation on freedom is that one cannot "be free not to be free. It is not freedom, to be allowed to alienate his freedom."38 The analogy of consensual slavery to enforceable pregnancy contracts may seem flawed by... | |
 | Amy Gutmann, Dennis F. Thompson - Political Science - 2009 - 446 pages
...his own case, the very purpose which is the justification of allowing him to dispose of himself . . . The principle of freedom cannot require that he should...not freedom to be allowed to alienate his freedom" (pp. 229-300). 18. Although Mill presents an absolutist defense of liberty and admits only slavery... | |
 | Bertrand Russell, Peter Köllner - Philosophy - 1997 - 944 pages
...free; but is thenceforth in a position which has no longer the presumption in its favour, that would be afforded by his voluntarily remaining in it. The...not freedom, to be allowed to alienate his freedom." 481:18 There is an interesting discussion of the dangers of Socialism See Mill 1963-91, 18: 286-7.... | |
 | Austin Sarat - Law - 1997 - 249 pages
...free; but is thenceforth in a position which has no longer the presumption in its favour, that would be afforded by his voluntarily remaining in it. The...free. It is not freedom to be allowed to alienate his freedom.12 Mill sees the matter only from the point of view of the voluntary slave. I would add, however,... | |
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