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Mill's Moral and Political Philosophy
David Brink · Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy · 2026
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Mill's On Liberty (1859) is a defence of individual rights against the tyranny of the majority, and his Considerations on Representative Government argues that central authorities may protect local minorities from local majorities.
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