John Stuart Mill

John Stuart Mill on Silencing Opinion

If all mankind minus one, were of one opinion, and only one person were of the contrary opinion, mankind would be no more justified in ... » Go

John Stuart Mill on Aversion to Religion

My father’s rejection of all that is called religious belief, was not, as many might suppose, primarily a matter of logic and evidence: the grounds ... » Go

John Stuart Mill on Christian Morality

Christian morality (so called) has all the characters of a reaction; it is, in great part, a protest against Paganism. Its ideal is negative rather ... » Go

John Stuart Mill on the Ugliness of War

War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things; the decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feelings which thinks that nothing is worth ... » Go

John Stuart Mill on Rational Beings

Now it is an unquestionable fact that those who are equally acquainted with, and equally capable of appreciating and enjoying, both, do give a most marked preference ... » Go

John Stuart Mill on the Only Free Society

The liberty of expressing and publishing opinions may seem to fall under a different principle, since it belongs to that part of the conduct of an individual which ... » Go