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(N (freedom is moral, the kind of freedom Mill pursues inherently…
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the kind of freedom Mill pursues inherently generates nihilism, as every individual, in the atomized pursuit of individual happiness, begins to regard others as mere limitations on their freedom
additionally, N would argue Ms conception and goals of freedom are rooted in slave morality
What the english psyches get wrong is that their views are utterly ahistorical. Morals do not adhere to a universal logic as utilitarian's suggest
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Synthesis
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Only though our own activity (that is, no one else can do this but you) do we overcome our self-incurred immaturity. To do this, we must let go of the leading strings of customs, received doctrines, etc, and learn to judge for ourselves
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Human nature is not a machine to be built after a model… but a tree which requires to grow and develop on all sides, according to the tendency of the inward forces which make it a living thing (p58)
The problem w/ modern society is that the pressures of conformity and the mass production of common ideas of happiness suppress the unique and spontaneous impulses that make us creative humans