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John Stuart Mill is regarded as being a [[classical liberal]],<ref>[ https://www.parliament.uk/about/living-heritage/transformingsociety/electionsvoting/womenvote/parliamentary-collections/1866-suffrage-petition/john-stuart-mill/]</ref> among the likes of [[Thomas Paine]]<ref>Lamb, Robert. "Liberty, Equality, and the Boundaries of Ownership: Thomas Paine's Theory of Property Rights." Review of Politics (2010)</ref> and [[John Locke]].<ref>Steven M. Dworetz, The Unvarnished Doctrine: Locke, Liberalism, and the American Revolution (1989)</ref> This is due to his favour of free market, albeit with some government intervention such as a tax on alcohol, and his belief in social liberalism, detailed in his magnum opus, [[On Liberty]].
John Stuart Mill is regarded as being a [[classical liberal]],<ref>[ https://www.parliament.uk/about/living-heritage/transformingsociety/electionsvoting/womenvote/parliamentary-collections/1866-suffrage-petition/john-stuart-mill/]</ref> among the likes of [[Thomas Paine]]<ref>Lamb, Robert. "Liberty, Equality, and the Boundaries of Ownership: Thomas Paine's Theory of Property Rights." Review of Politics (2010)</ref> and [[John Locke]].<ref>Steven M. Dworetz, The Unvarnished Doctrine: Locke, Liberalism, and the American Revolution (1989)</ref> This is due to his favour of free market, albeit with some government intervention such as a tax on alcohol, and his belief in social liberalism, detailed in his magnum opus, [[On Liberty]].
He also advocated for [[individualism]] to a certain extent, citing that the individual is sovereign over his own mind and body, and should embrace the need of fulfilling himself over helping others. However, he also made clear that individual freedom has to stop short of harming others, implicitly approving of libel and slander laws, and that children needed protection from themselves. Despite this last bit, however, Mill nonetheless acted as one of four sources for the American Library Association's radicalization.<ref>http://www.eagleforum.org/educate/1996/feb96/focus.html<br />"[The] Second [source of the American Library Association's radicalization], to John Stuart Mill, whose mid-19th century writing preached that the individual is sovereign over his own mind and body, and who shifted the focus of life away from helping others toward the need to fulfill the self. Yet, even Mill believed that freedom should stop short of harm to others. Thus, he accepted the need for libel and slander laws, and believed that children needed protection from themselves."</ref>
==Early life==
==Early life==