John Stuart Mill’s Defense of Freedom
I have finished blogging my way through John Stuart Mill’s On Liberty. I circled around to blog my way through the “Introductory” chapter last:
Chapter I: John Stuart Mill’s Introduction to a Defense of Freedom
- John Stuart Mill on the Historical Origins of Liberty
- Do Democratic Governments Express the Will of the People?
- Democratic Injustice
- Social Liberty
- John Stuart Mill on the Sources of Prejudice About What Other People Should Do
- Religious Freedom as the Proving Ground for the Principles of Liberty
- Beyond Pro-Government and Anti-Government
- The Complexity of Liberty: How Equality Enters into a Good Definition of Liberty
- John Stuart Mill on Benevolent Dictators
- John Stuart Mill on Sins of Omission
- John Stuart Mill’s Roadmap for Freedom
- Democracy is Not Freedom
- John Stuart Mill on Running Other People’s Lives
- John Stuart Mill–The Great Temptation: Telling Others What to Do
- John Stuart Mill on the Need to Make the Argument for Freedom of Speech
These posts collect links for blog posts based on paragraphs in the other chapters:
Chapter II: John Stuart Mill’s Brief for Freedom of Speech
Chapter III: John Stuart Mill’s Brief for Individuality
Chapter IV: John Stuart Mill’s Brief for the Limits of the Authority of Society over the Individual
Chapter V: John Stuart Mill Applies the Principles of Liberty
I also have a few miscellaneous posts from when I first started writing posts inspired by On Liberty: