On Liberty - Thank you!

If you liked this book, here are some others I've recorded for your enjoyment. Thanks for listening!

clarity of the essays points

The complexity of the 19th century language construction Makes the listening a little more difficult. it certainly not something that you can put on the background and multi-task and still expect to take useful information away from the audio book.

john Stuart mills wrote on liberty in concert with his wife and it lays out the the bounds of an individual and his liberty and the limits to that liberty in conflict with authority: both the state and the majority.

Mills asserts that the only purpose for which power can rightly be exercised over any member of a civilized society against its will is to prevent harm to others

Mills discusses the freedom of thought and emotion, the freedom to pursue individual tastes provided they do not harm other's, and the freedom of association.


Given the current state of affairs with government interference in the life of ordinary citizens, it is useful to reflect on The guiding principles laid out by John Stewart Mills.