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On Liberty, an Uncommon card
On Liberty is an essay written by the English philosophers Harriet Taylor Mill and John Stuart Mill and published in 1859 under the latter's name.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 73
- DEF
- 73
- Power
- 146
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 60,000
Power 146 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 75 % of WikiCards cards.
On Liberty quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the On Liberty card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
It applied their ethical system of ______ to society and state.
Answer
utilitarianism. It applied their ethical system of utilitarianism to society and state. From the On Liberty article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
On Liberty is an essay written by the English philosophers Harriet Taylor Mill and John Stuart Mill and published in ____ under the latter's name.
Answer
1850s. On Liberty is an essay written by the English philosophers Harriet Taylor Mill and John Stuart Mill and published in 1859 under the latter's name. From the On Liberty article on Wikipedia.
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The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- It applied their ethical system of utilitarianism to society and state.
- The Mills suggested standards for the relationship between authority and liberty.
- They emphasized the importance of individuality, which they considered a prerequisite to the higher pleasures, the summum bonum of utilitarianism.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The On Liberty article was read about 60,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 73 and blocks with 73: each hit it takes is cut by 29 %.
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, On Liberty (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : John Stuart Mill (author), John W. Parker and Son (publisher), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
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