Works of John Stuart Mill: On Liberty

Monarch Notes 01-01-1963 On Liberty Chapter I: Introductory Introduction In Chapter One, Mill defines the problem which he intends to discuss, explains why he thinks it is an important problem, and indicates what his answer is. The remainder of the book is an elucidation of that answer. Problem Mill proposes to discuss civil liberty. Civil liberty is concerned with the "nature and limits of the power which can be legitimately exercised by society over the individual." Thus the discussion of liberty has nothing to do with the problem of philosophical necessity or free will. Comment: Mill is abo...