In this essay I will discuss the theories and accounts of freedom from the two perspectives of Karl Marx and John Stuart Mills and assess their propositions for the future societies to achieve the freedom of mind, rights, and decisions. The main source I will be referring to is by Paul Smart, “Mill and Marx: Individual liberty and the roads to freedom” (1991). John Stuart Mill and Karl Marx are undoubtedly two of the greatest thinkers throughout history and the philosophers are notably distinct and
Ripstein urges us to “abandon” John Stuart Mill’s harm principle in favour of the following alternative- the Sovereignty Principle, that is, “each person is entitled to use their own powers as he or she sees fit, consistent with the ability of others to do the same. The consistency is achieved through the joint ideas of non-interference and voluntary cooperation.” (Ripstein, p. 233). Just like Mill, Ripstein hopes to secure individual freedom and independence by limiting the reach of criminal law
Political participation, and to what extent an individual may take part in legislation, is a matter of opinion. In each of their texts, Edmund Burke, John Stuart Mill, and Jean-Jacques Rousseau, each discussed, extensively, the political and social provisions of civil life, and who shall have the right to participate in politics. Each writer has his own terms regarding political participation, and among all three there are resemblances as frequent as there are contraries when it comes to who should
When browsing blog on the internet, I stumbled upon this image. This image shows a group of human figures going down a stairway, among the figures colored in gray, a red figure is shown to be going the opposite direction. My understanding of this image is that a person is being different than everyone else, not only standing out in terms of appearance, but also in the thing they do. I have noticed that images of this type are rather popular on the internet, encouraging people to be true to themselves
much of the chant and was not really thinking about the words I was proclaiming. However, looking back at one line in the pledge, the last line, I cannot truly attest to this anymore: “One nation indivisible with liberty and justice for all.” Was this the truth? Was there truly liberty and justice for all? Unfortunately, I realized this a few years later during middle school. It was during a football game I attended with both of my older brothers. As we were performing the pledge of allegiance