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Mr. Mill is probably the most influential liberal writer and speaker of the 19th century. Throughout his life, he tried to persuade the British public of the necessity of a scientific approach to understanding social, political and economic change. In his book On Liberty, he tacked the opinion presented in Tocqueville¡Æ¨ªs Democracy in America that, America was a prosperous middle-class society. Mill wanted to present the idea that he thought it was also a society that cared nothing for individual liberty. His book Utilitarianism communicates his idea that we ought to aim at maximizing the welfare of all living creatures, and that their welfare consists of their happiness. In other words, Mill believed that we should find a way to ¡Æ¡Äcater¡Æ¡¾ to individuals and make them happy. One important way of doing so is to not infringe on his rights. ¡Æ¡ÄWhat, then, is the rightful limit to the sovereignty of the individual over himself?¡Æ¡¾ It depends. Is the person performing the action affecting anyone else with his behavior? The individual¡Æ¨ªs behavior can be widely debated upon asking what is acceptabl