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1、BeyondtheHarmPrincipleAuthor(s):ArthurRipsteinReviewedwork(s):Source:Philosophy&PublicAffairs,Vol.34,No.3(Summer,2006),pp.215-245Publishedby:Wiley-BlackwellStableURL:http://www.jstor.org/stable/3876391.Accessed:03/10/201220:13YouruseoftheJSTORarchiveindicatesyouracceptanceoftheTerms&ConditionsofUse,
2、availableat.http://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/policies/terms.jsp.JSTORisanot-for-profitservicethathelpsscholars,researchers,andstudentsdiscover,use,andbuilduponawiderangeofcontentinatrusteddigitalarchive.Weuseinformationtechnologyandtoolstoincreaseproductivityandfacilitatenewformsofscholarship.Fo
3、rmoreinformationaboutJSTOR,pleasecontactsupport@jstor.org..PrincetonUniversityPressandWiley-BlackwellarecollaboratingwithJSTORtodigitize,preserveandextendaccesstoPhilosophy&PublicAffairs.http://www.jstor.orgARTHURRIPSTEINBeyondtheHarmPrincipleInthemostinfluentialpassageinOnLiberty,JohnStuartMillintr
4、oducesthe"harmprinciple,"accordingtowhich"Theonlypurposeforwhichpowercanberightlyexercisedoveranymemberofacivilizedcommu-nityagainsthiswill,istopreventharmtoothers."Millgoesontoglosstheprinciple,writing,"Theonlypartoftheconductofanyone,forwhichheisanswerabletosociety,isthatwhichconcernsothers.Inthep
5、artwhichmerelyconcernshimself,hisindependenceis,ofright,absolute.Overhimself,overhisbodyandmind,theindividualissovereign."Myaimistoarguethatacommitmenttoindividualsovereigntywithinasphereofactioninwhichyouareanswerableonlytoyourselfrequiresthatweabandontheharmprinciple.Theonlywaytounseatatime-honore
6、dprincipleistoprovideasupe-rioralternative.FollowingthesentenceofMilljustquoted,Iwillcallthealternativethesovereigntyprinciple.Liberalismisfundamentallyadoctrineaboutthelegitimateusesofstatepower,andthesovereigntyprinciplearticulatesthebasisforthoselimitsintermsofideasofindividualityandindependence.
7、Itprovidesanarrowrationaleforthelegitimateuseofstatepower,andprecludesotherproposedbases.IwillEarlierversionsofthisarticlewerepresentedattheGALAworkshopatBoaltHall,Uni-versityofCaliforniaatBerkeley,at
