A different Mill (and a solid music video)
June 30– From “On Liberty” by John Steward Mill (1859)
Summary: Tyranny of the majority bad.
Commentary: I'm so tired today (red eye flight flying against the time change), which is a shame, since I think this is a really good piece, but it's also a bit of a thinker. I'm just going to drop the pull quote and make myself a note to come back to this one.
People are accustomed to believe, and have been encouraged in the belief by some who aspire to the character of philosophers, that their feelings, on subjects of this nature, are better than reasons, and render reasons unnecessary. The practical principle which guides them to their opinions on the regulation of human conduct, is the feeling in each person’s mind that everybody should be required to act as he, and those with whom he sympathizes, would like them to act.
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