PHIL 231 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Compulsory Education, List Of Civilisations In The Culture Series, Standardized Test
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His essay can be broken down into 2 basic principles (maxims) The individual is not accountable to society for self-regarding action: society can only express disapproval of such actions through. Advice, instruction, persuasion, and avoidance of other ppl. Competitive job market, free trade (both socially beneficial effects) *primarily concerned w/liberty of the buyer, wants to protect ppl buying alcoh, drug. *liberty of sellers always rightly limited, not arguing for right to own gambling place. Drugs , mill didn"t think they should regulate it. The arguments these days are not old hippie arguments about the. Alcohol after prohibition there was a big mob; ppl will still drink and ppl will die bc you made it illega0. Fornication and prostitution won"t get rid of it will still occur. -- yes: importance of exchanging opinions, complicated when someone profits from acting against the public good. No: doing so represents a punishment.