Editing Harm principle (section)

==== Restrictions ====
In [[On Liberty]], J. S. Mill writes that his principle does not apply to persons judged as mentally ill, "[[barbarian]]s" (which he assimilated to minors) and minors<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Monahan |first1=J. |date=December 1977 |title=John Stuart Mill on the liberty of the mentally ill: a historical note |url=http://psychiatryonline.org/doi/abs/10.1176/ajp.134.12.1428 |journal=American Journal of Psychiatry |language=en |volume=134 |issue=12 |pages=1428–1429 |doi=10.1176/ajp.134.12.1428 |issn=0002-953X |pmid=335904|url-access=subscription }}</ref> while the ''[[Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen]]'' did not concern women, slaves, foreigners and minors, as they were not citizens.

Modern interpretations of the principle often does not make distinction of race or sex.