Saturday, May 20, 2006
200 Today
The only purpose for which power can be rightfully exercised over any member of a civilized community against his will is to prevent harm to others.
Today is the 200th aniversary of the birth of the liberal thinker John Stuart Mill - a person whose philosophy has had a great and irreversable impact on the political culture of the UK.
The question is - what should conservatives make of this character? Roger Scruton's piece in the Opinion Journal is definately worth a read on this subject