Mill makes exceptions to his anti-paternalistic doctrine. (P 469b)

Paternalism is legitimate, Mill claims, in the case of:

1. children (minors)
2. people in backward societies (barbarians)

His reason for (1): "Those who are still in a state to require being taken care of by others, must be protected against their own actions as well as against external injury." (P 469b)

His reason for (2): "The early difficulties in the way of spontaneous progress are so great ..." (P 469b)