On Liberty is a work by John Stuart Mill, which is focused on proving that liberty is valuable to the individual, and society as a whole. By granting certain individual rights and freedoms, it would ensure citizens the opportunity to fully maximize their own self-development. This self-development would also have wide ranging social benefits. Although his supposition introduces many interesting ideas they are only theoretical they could not be applied in a practical ideology. He …showed first 75 words of 1619 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1619 total…a government in place that does not impose itself on an individual’s private sphere. He introduces many ideas on how truth should be discovered, how people can attain happiness, and how the harming of other individuals can be prevented. The end result of his theories is that he is able to convincingly relate liberty to happiness. Although his ideologies are not practical they can be used to form the foundation of practical political ideologies.