ABSTRACT

The pursuit of happiness and fulfillment by man in the modern world is based on his liberty, which is one of the most important values that are essential to man. However, in a democratic society, how much freedom does a man have to exercise such freedom? This investigation looks at freedom. Democracy: how much a person is influenced by the government In this work, we seek to address the sociopolitical and economic issues that the individual faces in the current liberty democracy. We do this by applying John Stuart Mill's idea of liberty. Decisions concerning one's well-being can be made by logical people. There is almost never a good reason for the government to restrict someone's freedom. In contrast, Mill had another idea. He suggested that the ideal balance between individual liberty and governmental authority may be summed up in one straightforward principle: the only reason for which power can legitimately be employed over any member of a civilized community against his will is to avoid harm to others. The thesis of this essay is that John Stuart Mill's Theory of Liberty provides a cure-all for the modern demands for liberty and democracy. From the foregoing, this essay argues that the application of John Stuart Mill's Theory of Liberty a political arrangement that recognizes the need to grant a state's citizens a significant amount of freedom to develop themselves with few restrictions on the part of the state can, in the main, lead to a libertarian democratic society or state.