https://hotair.com/headlines/archives/2013/02/19/its-for-your-own-good/feed/HotAir is the leading conservative blog for breaking news and commentary covering the Biden administration, politics, media, culture, and current elections.en-usTue, 09 Jun 2026 05:37:51 -0400<![CDATA[When society seeks to overrule the individual’s judgment, Mill wrote, it does so on the basis of “general presumptions,” and these “may be altogether wrong, and even if right, are as likely as not to be misapplied to individual cases.” If the goal is to ensure that people’s lives go well, Mill contends that the best solution is for public officials to allow people to find their own path. Here, then, is an enduring argument, instrumental in character, on behalf of free markets and free choice in countless situations, including those in which human beings choose to run risks that may not turn out so well.]]>Tue, 19 Feb 2013 20:30:21 -0500<![CDATA[Erika Johnsen]]>https://hotair.com/headlines/2013/02/19/its-for-your-own-good-n100254