<P> Mill clarifies that this standard is solely based on utility . Therefore, when it is not useful, it may be ignored . For example, according to Mill, children and "barbarian" nations are benefited by limited freedom . Just despots, such as Charlemagne and Akbar the Great, were historically beneficial to people not yet fit to rule themselves . </P> <P> J.S. Mill concludes the Introduction by discussing what he claimed were the three basic liberties in order of importance: </P> <Ol> <Li> The freedom of thought and emotion . This includes the freedom to act on such thought, i.e. freedom of speech </Li> <Li> The freedom to pursue tastes (provided they do no harm to others), even if they are deemed "immoral" </Li> <Li> The freedom to unite so long as the involved members are of age, the involved members are not forced, and no harm is done to others </Li> </Ol> <Li> The freedom of thought and emotion . This includes the freedom to act on such thought, i.e. freedom of speech </Li>

Who said over himself over his own body and mind the individual is sovereign