If you are this kind of liberal, you have been influenced by the 19th-century English philosopher John Stuart Mill, who was principally responsible for elucidating the ideas of classical liberalism.

BBC History: John Stuart Mill BBC In Our Time ... a work of Aristotelian philosophy used as a textbook by university students well into the 18th Century. Mill was educated at home by his father ...

One thing you may not have thought of as a source of comfort though, is philosophy ... is good if it benefits a majority of people]] John Stuart Mill wrote about the value of ‘individuality ...