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Liberalism

Individual Liberty (John Stuart Mill)

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Who lost faith in the free market after the Great Depression? Liberals
Mill's basic question of political theory was the balance between what two things? Individual freedom and social control
Individuals should be free to do what, as long as they don't harm others? Think and act
What does conformity hamper? The testing out of new ideas and ways of life
What 20th century British scholar distinguished between positive and negative liberty? Isaiah Berlin
Who tried to set out a clear principle to define the right balance between individual autonomy and government? Mill
Who did Mill feel was sovereign? The individual
Without freedom of thought, what two main things would be restricted? Human knowledge and innovation
Mill felt what two types of ideas could be stifled by society? True and false
Mill feared the general tendency of society increasing what over the individual? Control
How was Mill's criterion of harm useful in defining what betweenthe state and iindividual? The boundary
"On Liberty" was written in the context of what philosophical system? Utilitarianism
Who was Mill a follower of? Jeremy Bentham
Mill felt individual liberty should be limited so that he didn't make himself what to other people? A nuisance
Who did Mill develop a close friendship with in 1830? Harriet Taylor
What did Mill suffer from at the age of 20? Deep depression
What are Mill's three basic liberties? Thought & ideas, tastes & pursuits, combination among individuals
Mill felt that truth bubbled up from a cauldron of what? Opposing ideas
Mill's political philosophies have had what effect on the development of liberal democracies throughout the world? Profound influence
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