John Stuart Mill

An experience of five years with Mr. Mill's treatise in the class-room not only convinced me of the great usefulness of what still remains one of the most lucid and systematic books yet published which cover the whole range of the study, but I have also been convinced of the need of such additions as should give the results of later thinking, without militating against the general tenor of Mr. Mill's system; of such illustrations as should fit it better for American students, by turning their attention to the application of principles in the facts around us; of a bibliography which should make it easier to get at the writers of other schools who offer opposing views on controverted questions; and of some attempts to lighten those parts of his work in which Mr. Mill frightened away the reader by an appearance of too great abstractness, and to render them, if possible, more easy of comprehension to the student who first approaches Political Economy through this author.

It may be useful that there should be some record of an education which was unusual and remarkable John Stuart Mill (1806-73), philosopher, economist, and political thinker, was the most prominent figure of nineteenth century English intellectual life and his work has continuing significance for contemporary debates about ethics, politics and economics. His father, James Mill, a close associate of the utilitarian philosopher Jeremy Bentham, assumed responsibility for his eldest son's education, teaching him ancient Greek at the age of three and equipping him with a broad knowledge of the physical and moral sciences of the day. Mill's Autobiography was written to give an account of the extraordinary education he received at the hands of his father and to express his gratitude to those he saw as influencing his thought, but it is also an exercise in self-analysis and an attempt to vindicate himself against claims that he was the product of hothousing. The Autobiography also acknowledges the substantial contribution made to Mill's thinking and writings by Harriet Taylor, whom he met when he was twenty-four, and married twenty-one years later, after the death of her husband. The Autobiography helps us understand more fully some of the principal commitments that Mill's political philosophy has become famous for, in particular his appreciation of the diversity, plurality, and complexity of ways of life and their possibilities. This edition of the Autobiography includes additional manuscript materials from earlier drafts which demonstrate the conflicting imperatives that influenced Mill'schoice of exactly what to say about some of the most significant episodes and relationships in his life. Mark Philps introduction explores the forces that led Mill to write the 'life' and points to the tensions in the text and in Mill's life.

The work applies Mill's ethical system of utilitarianism to society and the state. 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. Furthermore, Mill criticized the errors of past attempts to defend individuality where, for example, democratic ideals resulted in the "tyranny of the majority". Among the standards established in this work are Mill's three basic liberties of individuals, his three legitimate objections to government intervention, and his two maxims regarding the relationship of the individual to society "which together form the entire doctrine of Mill's] Essay." On Liberty was a greatly influential and well received work, although it did not go without criticism.

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The Subjection of Women By John Stuart Mill

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This expanded edition of John Stuart Mill's Utilitarianism includes the text of his 1868 speech to the British House of Commons defending the use of capital punishment in cases of aggravated murder. The speech is significant both because its topic remains timely and because its arguments illustrate the applicability of the principle of utility to questions of large-scale social policy.

One of the foremost figures of Western intellectual thought in the late 19th century, John Stuart Mill offered up examinations of human rights, personal and societal rights and responsibilities, and the striving for individual happiness that continue to impact our philosophies, both private and political, to this day. This concise but explosive essay is perhaps the best example of how far-reaching-and necessary on an ongoing basis-his thinking was. In this 1865 work, Mill discusses the rational "religion" of French philosopher and social scientist Auguste Comte, reviewing his fellow thinker's great treatise on human behavior as knowable, quantifiable, and correctable from both positive and negative angles, "endeavouring to sever," the author writes, "what in our estimation is true, from the much less which is erroneous."

The philosophy of utilitarianism can trace its origins back thousands of years to the ancient Chinese philosophy of logic attributed to the Mohist School. Today it is most famously associated with the 18th century English philosopher Jeremy Bentham, and his disciple John Stuart Mill. The basic principle of utilitarianism is that one's actions should be guided towards outcomes that create the greatest good for the greatest numbers of people, or in other words towards the maximization of utility, or happiness. This simple guiding principle creates a host of challenging moral dilemmas. Arguably one of the most important political thinkers of the modern era, John Stuart's Mill's influence on Western civilization cannot be overstated. In his classic exposition "Utilitarianism," first published as a series of three articles in "Fraser's Magazine" in 1861, we are provided great insight into John Stuart Mill's philosophical world view. This includes a biographical afterword.

Considerations on Representative Government By John Stuart Mill

Ce livre bas sur les travaux de Paul Janet et John Stuart Mill, traite de la libert de penser et d'exprimer sa pens e. On d nonce sans cesse les libres penseurs comme portant atteinte toutes les lois divines et humaines, comme mena ant les bases m mes de la soci t , comme effa ant la distinction du bien et du mal au profit de l'anarchie et du triomphe des passions. Il se trouve encore des esprits qui, m me dans l'ordre de la foi, voudraient que l' tat interv nt pour fixer ce qu'il faut croire et ce qu'il est permis de ne pas croire. Le retour au moyen- ge serait la vraie cons quence de ces d clamations, si elles se comprenaient elles-m mes, et quelques-uns ne reculeraient nullement devant cette cons quence... La libert de penser est donc le droit commun de toutes les coles philosophiques: elles ne sont philosophiques qu' cette condition. C'est l pour nous le premier principe, et par rapport cette condition fondamentale les dissidences ult rieures n'ont en quelque sorte qu'une importance secondaire... Une des formes de libert laquelle nous nous flattons de tenir le plus, pour laquelle nous nous d clarons pr ts aller en prison, qui est un trange aboutissement de la libert , ou dresser des barricades contre ceux qui ne pensent pas comme nous, c'est la libert de penser. (Franc-Nohain)

"Sobre la libertad" es una vibrante defensa de la libertad de pensamiento y expresi n, una apasionada apolog a de la tolerancia y el respeto debido a las creencias o minor as disidentes, una audaz reivindicaci n de la espontaneidad y singularidad humana frente a la opresi n ejercida por las autoridades, la costumbre o la opini n. Precedido por un esclarecedor pr logo de Isaiah Berlin, el presente ensayo de John Stuart Mill (1806-1873) pertenece a la breve galer a de obras de combate pol tico que, aun d cadas o siglos despu s de ser escritas, siguen determinando los comportamientos de los hombres.