The reason that Gardiner does this is because it helps
bring out the main point of his essay. What Gardiner is saying in this essay is that
people must not think only of their own rights. Instead, they must also think of the
rights of the other people in their society. This is why Gardiner brings up society and
its rights whenever he discusses the liberty of the
individual.
Gardiner is trying to remind us that our own
liberty has limits. We do not really have the right to act in ways that will disturb
other people. This is why he disapproved of the man talking loudly on the train. That
man was exercising his own rights, but was doing so in a way that took away Gardiner's
own right to read his Blue Book. Gardiner wants to make the point that we should not
act as if it is only our own liberty that matters.
Gardiner
is trying to teach us that we have responsibilities along with liberty. We have to
think about society, not simply about our own desires. This is why he brings society in
whenever he talks about personal liberty.
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