It is often argued that a theory of liberty which starts from the effort of the individual to attain happiness must break down because it fails to remember that society also has rights, and that these are necessarily superior to those of its component parts.
Laski argues that a theory of liberty must balance individual rights with the rights of society as a whole.
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It is an attempt to give each man as similar a chance as possible to utilize what powers he may possess.
Yet such defects must not blind us to the general rightness of their insight.
How could it seek security where it defied the desires of the vast majority of its subjects?
He showed that government by discussion can be made to illuminate great principles.
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