Thursday, October 11, 2012

War on Drugs

In a review of a book against the war on drugs, we get this quote from John Stewart Mill:
"The only freedom which deserves the name is that of pursuing our own good in our own way, so long as we do not attempt to deprive others of theirs, or impede their efforts to attain it. Each is the guardian of his own health, whether bodily, or mental and spiritual. Mankind are greater gainers by suffering each other to live as seems good to themselves, than by compelling each to live as seems good to the rest. (p. 13, quoting Mill)"
I don't know that the first sentence is very clearly stated - competition could be said to impede others - but I like the rest.

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