John Stuart Mills resolute dedication to the cause of freedom inspired this 1859 treatise. Discussed and debated from time immemorial the concept of personal liberty went without codification until the publication of this enduring work which applies an ethical system of utilitarianism to society and the state which to this day remains well known and studied. Mills 18061873 a British economist philosopher and ethical theorist whose argument does not focus on the socalled Liberty of the Will...b