POLI 201 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: John Stuart Mill, Negative Liberty, Classical Liberalism
25 Nov 2017
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In the belief of bentham, only legal rights mattered and creating happiness for the population mattered as well. Liberty demands that we not police what we personally strange * (in other words, he states that we treat strange folks with tolerance and not treat them terribly as long as they do not harm you or others) As long as that strangeness does not infringe upon a(cid:374)othe(cid:396)"s (cid:396)ights, the(cid:455) should (cid:271)e left alo(cid:374)e and not provoked, by imposing their will on these strange folks, j. s. Mill viewed it as unfair since he believes that their potential is being blocked. The harm principle: as long as your rights are not violated, you do not need to restrict the rights of the violator. Ea(cid:396)l(cid:455) ad(cid:448)o(cid:272)ate fo(cid:396) (cid:449)o(cid:373)e(cid:374)"s (cid:396)ight (due to harriet taylor) Negative liberties: liberty than can be increased by removing external obstacles. Freedom from something such as cruel and unusual punishment, arbitrary arrest.
