...with the possession of like liberty by every other man." Or, as he otherwise puts it, that " every man has freedom to do all that he wills, provided he infringes not the equal freedom of any other man." The first deduction he makes from this " first principle " is the equal right to life and personal...

...indirectly. He then reasons out as a first principle controlling the pursuit of happiness that " every man has freedom to do all that he wills, provided he infringes not the equal freedom of any other man." Applications of this first principle constituted the rest of the original volume. Many of these...

...are alike taught, as the law of right social relationships, that — Every man has freedom to do att that he wills, provided he infringes not the equal freedom of any other man. Though further qualifications of the liberty of action thus asserted are necessary, yet we have...

...with the possession of like liberty by every other man." Or, as he otherwise puts it, that " every man has freedom to do all that he wills, provided he infringes not the eqnal freedom of any other man." The first deduction he makes from this " first principle" is the equal...

...thrive at the expense of their fellow-men. Spencer, in his " Social Statics," says that " every man has freedom to do all that he wills, provided he infringes not the like freedom of any other man." If this means » " Federalist," p. 224. 2 Rom. xiv. 7. 3 " Federalist,"...

...as the present. Formulated, the idea of justice is as follows : Every man is free to do that which he wills, provided he infringes not the equal freedom of any other man. This formula, it must be noted, does not countenance a superfluous interference with another's...

...matter ; we are alike taught, as the law of right social relationships, that — Every man has frecdom to do all that he wills, provided he infringes not the equal frecdom of any other man. Though further qualifications of the liberty of action thus asserted are...

...describes as the law of equal freedom, which he thus expresses : " Every man is free to do that which he wills, provided he infringes not the equal freedom of any other man." " The formula has to unite a positive element with a negative element. It must be positive in...

...somebody else." The formula of justice may be expressed thus : " Every man is free to do that which he wills, provided he infringes not the equal freedom of any other man." This is not to be interpreted as meaning that aggression is permissible as long as retaliation...

...formula of justice is contained in "the law of equal freedom." "Every man is free to do that which he wills, provided he infringes not the equal freedom of any other man." (p. 46). The sentiment of justice, Mr. Spencer compounds by mixing in his moral chemistry certain...