Author : John Stuart Mill
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 609 pages
File Size : 46,74 MB
Release : 2015
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0199670803
Collects four of the philosopher's essays on issues central to liberal democratic regimes. --Publisher.
Author : John Stuart Mill
Publisher : Broadview Press
Page : 209 pages
File Size : 36,79 MB
Release : 2010-08-06
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 1460402103
John Stuart Mill’s Utilitarianism is a philosophical defense of utilitarianism, a moral theory stating that right actions are those that tend to promote overall happiness. The essay first appeared as a series of articles published in Fraser’s Magazine in 1861; the articles were collected and reprinted as a single book in 1863. Mill discusses utilitarianism in some of his other works, including On Liberty and The Subjection of Women, but Utilitarianism contains his only sustained defence of the theory. In this Broadview Edition, Colin Heydt provides a substantial introduction that will enable readers to understand better the polemical context for Utilitarianism. Heydt shows, for example, how Mill’s moral philosophy grew out of political engagement, rather than exclusively out of a speculative interest in determining the nature of morality. Appendices include precedents to Mill’s work, reactions to Utilitarianism, and related writings by Mill.
Author : John Stuart Mill
Publisher : Bantam Classics
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 35,3 MB
Release : 1993-01-01
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0553214144
Together these two essays mark the philosophic cornerstone of democratic morality and represent a thought-provoking search for the true balance between the rights of the individual and the power of the state. Thoroughly schooled in the principles of the utilitarian movement founded by Jeremy Bentham, John Stuart Mill nevertheless brings his own unique intellectual energy to issues such as individual freedom, equality, authority, happiness, justice, and virtue. On Liberty is Mill’s famous examination of the nature of individuality and its crucial role in any social system that expects to remain creative and vital. Utilitarianism brilliantly expounds a pragmatic ethic based on one controversial proposition: actions are right only if they promote the common good and wrong if they do not. While much of Mill’s thinking was eventually adopted by socialists, it is in today’s democratic societies—with their troubling issues of crime, freedom of speech, and the boundaries of personal liberty—that his work resounds most powerfully.
Author : Michael B. Mathias
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 15,16 MB
Release : 2007
Category : Philosophy
ISBN :
Part of the "Longman Library of Primary Sources in Philosophy," this edition of "Mill's On Liberty" is framed by a pedagogical structure designed to make this important work of philosophy more accessible and meaningful for readers. A General Introduction includes biographical information on Mill, the work's historical context, and a discussion of historical influences. Annotations and notes from the editor clarify difficult passages for greater understanding. A bibliography gives the reader additional resources for further study.
Author : John Stuart Mill
Publisher :
Page : 198 pages
File Size : 11,80 MB
Release : 1870
Category : Women
ISBN :
The object of this essay is to explain as clearly as I am able, the grounds of an opinion which I have held from the very earliest period when I had formed any opinions at all on social or political matters, and which, instead of being weakened or modified, has been constantly growing stronger by the progress of reflection and the experience of life: That the principle which regulates the existing social relations between the two sexes- the legal subordination of one sex to the other- is wrong in itself, and now one of the chief hindrances to human improvement ; and that is ought to be replaced by a principle of perfect equality, admitting no power or privilege on the one side, nor disability on the other.
Author : John Stuart Mill
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 648 pages
File Size : 30,47 MB
Release : 1998
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780192833846
Presents the text of four essays by nineteenth-century English philosopher and economist John Stuart Mill, and includes textual and explanatory notes, chronology, and introduction.
Author : John Stuart Mill
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 102 pages
File Size : 30,10 MB
Release : 2016-08-05
Category :
ISBN : 9781536930368
In his much quoted, seminal work, On Liberty, John Stuart Mill attempts to establish standards for the relationship between authority and liberty. He emphasizes the importance of individuality which he conceived as a prerequisite to the higher pleasures-the summum bonum of Utilitarianism. Published in 1859, On Liberty presents one of the most eloquent defenses of individual freedom and is perhaps the most widely-read liberal argument in support of the value of liberty.
Author : John Stuart Mill
Publisher : Modern Library
Page : 402 pages
File Size : 36,75 MB
Release : 2010-11-10
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0307769798
The writings of John Stuart Mill have become the cornerstone of political liberalism. Collected for the first time in this volume are Mill’s three seminal and most widely read works: On Liberty, The Subjection of Women, and Utilitarianism. A brilliant defense of individual rights versus the power of the state, On Liberty is essential reading for anyone interested in political thought and theory. As Bertrand Russell reflected, “On Liberty remains a classic . . . the present world would be better than it is, if [Mill’s] principles were more respected.” This Modern Library Paperback Classics edition includes newly commissioned endnotes and commentary by Dale E. Miller, and an index.
Author : John Stuart Mill
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 33,29 MB
Release : 2006-08-31
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0141945613
A prodigiously brilliant thinker who sharply challenged the beliefs of his age, the political and social radical John Stuart Mill was the most influential English-speaking philosopher of the nineteenth century. Regarded as one of the sacred texts of liberalism, his great work On Liberty argues lucidly that any democracy risks becoming a 'tyranny of opinion' in which minority views are suppressed if they do not conform with those of the majority. Written in the same period as On Liberty, shortly after the death of Mill's beloved wife and fellow-thinker Harriet, The Subjection of Women stresses the importance of equality for the sexes. Together, the works provide a fascinating testimony to the hopes and anxieties of mid-Victorian England, and offer a compelling consideration of what it truly means to be free.
Author : John Stuart Mill
Publisher : Hackett Publishing
Page : 150 pages
File Size : 39,68 MB
Release : 1978-09-01
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780915144433
A wonderful edition... -- Irving Louis Horowitz, Rutgers UniversityAlexander should be commended for making this invaluable material accessible to scholars and students... -- Maria H. Moralies, Florida State UniversityAn impressively compact and engaging introduction and a well-chosen selection of ancillary materials... -- Eileen Gillooly, Columbia UniversityThe introduction offers fresh insights... --Thomas Christiano, University of Arizona
