Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Political Science

Chapter

Freedom

Question:

"On Liberty" is a literary work associated with whom?

Options:

Jeremy Benthem

Karl Marx

John Stuart Mill

Plato

Correct Answer:

John Stuart Mill

Explanation:

The correct answer is Option 3 - John Stuart Mill

John Stuart Mill, a political thinker and an activist in the nineteenth century Britain, offered a passionate defence of freedom of expression, including freedom of thought and discussion. In his book "On Liberty" he offered four reasons why there should be freedom of expression even for those who espouse ideas that appear ‘false’ or misleading today.