An Analytical Study of Freedom and John Mill's on Liberty

Dr. Rajendra Kumar Meena; Raj Kumar

doi:10.53724/ambition/v9n3.04

Authors

Dr. Rajendra Kumar Meena Assistant Professor, Faculty of Law, Oriental University, Indore, M.P., (India). https://orcid.org/0009-0009-6569-7973
Raj Kumar Assistant professor (Political science), Government college Kailash Nagar, Sirohi, Mohanlal Sukhadia University Udaipur, Rajasthan (India). https://orcid.org/0009-0006-6854-5519

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.53724/ambition/v9n3.04

Keywords:

Freedom of thought and expression, Negative freedom, Positive freedom

Abstract

Man is a social and farsighted being. He lives in a welfare state so that he can develop his personality with the fundamental rights (Articles 14, 19, 21) and human rights (Universal Declaration of Human Rights-1948) contained in the Constitution. It is the duty of every state to provide appropriate conditions, rights, resources and justice for the development of the personality of society and citizens. A person can develop his personality in all aspects while using his rights only when there is no restriction or prohibition on the person regarding their use and these conditions are equally available to every person in the society. Freedom is naturally inherent in a person from his birth in the form of a human right. Freedom is a value as well as a means of other values. Freedom is a natural right of man. J.S. Mill has used the meaning of freedom in the sense of independent activity and also in the sense of personal freedom. Man can use maximum freedom but his freedom can be only that as per the declaration of human rights, 'freedom to do anything without harming others. In this article, Mill's thoughts on freedom are to be studied in depth and all other thoughts and concepts will be studied in this context.

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Author Biography

Dr. Rajendra Kumar Meena , Assistant Professor, Faculty of Law, Oriental University, Indore, M.P., (India).

Assistant Professor,
Faculty of Law,
Oriental University, Indore, M.P., (India).

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