Classical Liberalism - Key Thinker (John Stuart Mill)

Question 1

What is John Stuart Mill key ideas ?

Answer 1

Negative liberty and Tolerance

Question 2

What is negative liberty ?

Answer 2

Derives from the harm principle

Question 3

What is tolerance ?

Answer 3

Other actions should be tolerated unless they do harm

Question 4

What belief in kind of freedom did J.S Mill believe in ?

Answer 4

Negative liberty

Question 5

What is the harm principle ?

Answer 5

Each individual should be free to take whatever action as it did no harms to others

Question 6

What did J.S Mill distinguish between ?

Answer 6

‘Self-regarding and ‘other-regarding’

Question 7

There should be no restrictions in society unless it does what ?

Answer 7

Causes harms to other

Question 8

Why did J.S Mill believe individual liberty was essential ?

Answer 8

• creativity
• culture
• intellect

Question 9

What happens if individuals are able to develop their individualism ?

Answer 9

All society would benefit

Question 10

How can the whole of society benefit according to JS Mill ?

Answer 10

If individuals are able to develop their individualism

Question 11

What idea of democracy did John Stuart Mill support ?

Answer 11

Representative democracy and limited government like Locke