John Stuart Mill

John Stuart Mill (20 May 1806 – 7 May 1873)[1] was an English philosopher, political economist, politician and civil servant. One of the most influential thinkers in the history of classical liberalism, he contributed widely to social theory, political theory, and political economy. Dubbed "the most influential English-speaking philosopher of the nineteenth century" by the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy,[2] he conceived of liberty as justifying the freedom of the individual in opposition to unlimited state and social control (see esp On Liberty).[3] Mill was a proponent of utilitarianism, an ethical theory developed by his predecessor Jeremy Bentham. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Stuart_Mill