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6. Where does Mill use the phrase 'purely personal conduct'?

  • IV
  • II

7. Where does Mill say 'no person is an entirely isolated being'?

  • IV
  • III

8. What are Mill's three criteria for freedom and where are they found?

  • lib of conscience (freedom of opinion), lib of tastes and pursuits and lib to form associations IV
  • lib of conscience (freedom of opinion), lib of tastes and pursuits and lib to form asociations II

9. What does Mill compare man to in contrast to a machine?

  • a tree
  • a river

10. Where does Mill say 'there is no such thing as absolute certainty'?

  • II
  • III

11. Where does Mill say 'it is desirable, in short that in things which do not concern others, individuality should assert itself'?

  • III
  • II

12. Why is individuality important to society?

  • it is 'quite the chief ingredient of individual and social progress'
  • we need odd people to challenge custom

13. Where does Mill say that liberty involves 'pursuing our own good in our own way' and 'framing the plan of our life to suit our own character'?

  • I
  • III

14. Where does Mill use the phrase 'despotism of custom'?

  • III
  • IV

15. Where does Mill say 'everyone who receives the protection of society owes a return for the benefit'?

  • IV
  • III