A popular example is if an individual chooses to drink themselves to the point of drunkenness, which Mill’s would believe is fine, but if the drunk gets behind the wheel, the government should step in because now harm would be a threat to …show more content…
The manifesto supports compliance with standards, rules, or laws rather than the Mill’s advocating nonconformity. Mill’s wrote that social progress would flourish when living with freedom and also believes that the government shouldn’t play a huge role in punishing and judging the actions of people if they are not harming others, while Marx and Engel promotes government's role in authority and interaction in the private lives of individuals. Many of John Stuart Mill’s critics asked how the word “harm” is being defined by