John Stuart Mill

Question 1

When was J.S. Mill alive?

Answer 1

1806-1873

Question 2

What was his book and when was it written?

Answer 2

On Liberty
1859

Question 3

What kind of thinker was he?

Answer 3

Transitional liberal

Question 4

What is negative freedom

Answer 4

An absence of restraint

Question 5

What kind of individualism did he propose?

Answer 5

Developmental individualism

Question 6

What is harm principle?

Answer 6

Actions should always be tolerated unless it potentially harms others

Question 7

What are his ideas on debate?

Answer 7

A rational way to bring new ideas to light and expose bad/ harmful ideas

Question 8

What was his perspective of liberty?

Answer 8

Ongoing human development, it is not an end goal but a constant process

Question 9

What was Mill’s greatest fear for the state?

Answer 9

Tyranny of the majority

Question 10

What are some key quotes from Mill?

Answer 10

‘Better t be Socrates dissatisfied than a pig satisfied’
Support for liberty: ‘grounded on the permanent interests of man as a progressive being’

Question 11

What was Mill against?

Answer 11

Liberty as a natural right
Liberating indivuals at present
Consent of the governed (majority)

Question 12

What key events happened in Mill’s lifetime?

Answer 12

Industrialisation
American and French Revolution
East India Company
Utilitarianism