# On Liberty

by [John Stuart Mill](https://localbooks.app/authors/john-stuart-mill)

- Genres: [Política](https://localbooks.app/genres/society/politics), [Ensaios](https://localbooks.app/genres/biography-memoir/essays)
- Set in: [Londres, Inglaterra, Reino Unido](https://localbooks.app/places/gb/england/london)
- Audience: Adult
- Published: 1859
- Pages: 176

## Description

Mill asks when a society, through its laws or simply through public opinion, has the right to control what one person does. His answer, that only harm to others justifies it, leads to a defence of free speech, eccentricity and living by one's own lights.

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