Was Mill A Liberal

Author : Helen McCabe
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2021-03-15
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780228005933

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John Stuart Mill, Socialist by Helen McCabe Pdf

Best known as the author of On Liberty, John Stuart Mill remains a canonical figure in liberalism today. Yet according to his autobiography, by the mid-1840s he placed himself "under the general designation of Socialist." Taking this self-description seriously, John Stuart Mill, Socialist reinterprets Mill's work in its light. Helen McCabe explores the nineteenth-century political economist's core commitments to egalitarianism, social justice, social harmony, and a socialist utopia of cooperation, fairness, and human flourishing. Uncovering Mill's changing relationship with the radicalism of his youth and his excitement about the revolutionary events of 1848, McCabe argues that he saw liberal reforms as solutions to contemporary problems, while socialism was the path to a better future. In so doing, she casts new light on his political theory, including his theory of social progress; his support for democracy; his feminism; his concept of utility; his understanding of individuality; and his account of "the permanent interests of man as a progressive being," which is so central to his famous harm principle. As we look to rebuild the world in the wake of financial crises, climate change, and a global pandemic, John Stuart Mill, Socialist offers a radical rereading of the philosopher and a fresh perspective on contemporary meanings of socialism.

Author : John Stuart Mill
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 404 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 1895
Category : Liberty
ISBN : HARVARD:32044024786071

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On Liberty by John Stuart Mill Pdf

Author : Eldon J. Eisenach
Publisher : Penn State Press
Page : 349 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2010-11-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780271041766

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Mill and the Moral Character of Liberalism by Eldon J. Eisenach Pdf

Author : C. L. Ten
Publisher : Cavendish Square Publishing
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : UOM:39015059216419

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Was Mill a Liberal? by C. L. Ten Pdf

This is a collection of the author's writings on the philosophy of John Stuart Mill. Discussing Mill's concept of liberty and looking at readings of Mill's works by other philosophers, the author comments on issues of everyday life including religion, tensions between social responsibility and individual freedom, and legislation on pornography in this down-to-earth and highly accessible book.

Author : C. L. Ten
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 253 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : History
ISBN : 9780521873567

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Mill's On Liberty by C. L. Ten Pdf

This volume of essays covers the whole range of problems raised in and by Mill's On Liberty, including the concept of liberty, the toleration of diversity, freedom of expression, the value of allowing 'experiments in living', the basis of individual liberty, multiculturalism and the claims of minority cultural groups.

Author : Maurice Cowling
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 1990-01-26
Category : History
ISBN : 0521388724

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Mill and Liberalism by Maurice Cowling Pdf

When first published in 1963, this interpretation of Mill's thought caused much controversy.

Author : Nathaniel Wolloch
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 982 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2022-01-31
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9789004508040

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Moderate and Radical Liberalism by Nathaniel Wolloch Pdf

A new reading of a crucial chapter in the history of social and political thought – the transition from the late Enlightenment to early liberalism.

Author : Wendy Donner
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 243 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2018-08-06
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781501723797

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The Liberal Self by Wendy Donner Pdf

Wendy Donner contends here that recent commentators on John Stuart Mill's thought have focused on his notions of right and obligation and have not paid as much attention to his notion of the good. Mill, she maintains, rejects the quantitative hedonism of Bentham's philosophy in favor of an expanded qualitative version. In this book she provides an account of his complex views of the good and the ways in which these views unify his moral and political thought.

Author : Nadia Urbinati,Alex Zakaras
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 349 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2007-01-29
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781139462518

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J.S. Mill's Political Thought by Nadia Urbinati,Alex Zakaras Pdf

The year 2006 marked the two hundredth anniversary of John Stuart Mill's birth. Though his philosophical reputation has varied greatly, it is now clear that Mill ranks among the most influential modern political thinkers. Despite his enduring influence, the breadth and complexity of Mill's political thought is often underappreciated. While his writings remain a touchstone for debates over liberty and liberalism, many other important dimensions of his political philosophy have until recently been ignored. This book aims to correct such neglect, by illustrating the breadth and depth of Mill's political writings, by drawing together a collection of essays whose authors explore underappreciated elements of Mill's political philosophy. The book shows how Mill's thinking remains pertinent to our own political life in three broad areas - democratic institutions and culture, liberalism, and international politics - and offers a critical reassessment of Mill's political philosophy in light of recent political developments and transformations.

Author : John Stuart Mill
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 102 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2016-08-05
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1536930369

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On Liberty by John Stuart Mill Pdf

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 Lawrence Hill
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2021-11-11
Category : Law
ISBN : 1108719457

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The Prophet of Modern Constitutional Liberalism by John Lawrence Hill Pdf

John Stuart Mill is the father of modern liberalism. His most remembered work, On Liberty, which was published in 1859, changed the course of the liberal tradition. What is less well-known is that his ideas have profoundly influenced the American constitutional rights tradition of the latter half of the twentieth century. Mill's 'harm principle' inspired the constitutional right to privacy recognized in Griswold v Connecticut, Roe vs Wade and other cases. His defense of freedom of expression influenced Justices Holmes, Brandeis, Douglas, Brennan and others and led to greatly expanded freedom of speech in the twentieth century. Finally, Mill was an ardent feminist whose last important work, The Subjection of Women, was a full-scale and, for its time, radical defense of complete gender equality. This is a book for lawyers who want to understand the intellectual origins of modern constitutional rights, and for political philosophers interested in the constitutional implications of Mill's conception of freedom.

Author : John Stuart Mill
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2019-08-05
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1587314061

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John Stuart Mill by John Stuart Mill Pdf

In addition to "On Liberty" and "On Representative Government," this new selection of Mill's writings includes, among others, a number of less known of his writings, such as: "Civilization," "Perfectibility," "The Negro Question," "On Education," "On Aristocracy," "On Marriage," "On Free Press," "Socialism," Mill's review of Tocqueville's "Democracy in America," his letters to Tocqueville, and several other writings. If one can use a somewhat exaggerated language, Mill's writings are to liberal-democracy what Marx and Engels' writings were to Communism. Both systems gave expression to 19th century man's longing for equality and justice, both promised to liberate him from the shackles of oppression, authority and tradition. Instead of liberating man, Communism created the most brutal system in human history, and its spectacular fall in 1989 is one of history's greatest events. Western world today shows that liberal-democracy is no longer a benign doctrine, which advocates free market, minimum state and individual liberties, but, like Communism, is an all-encompassing ideology which forces an individual to abdicate his freedom and soul in favor of a Communist-like collective. As many critics of real Socialism could see the seeds of totalitarianism in the writings of Marx and Engels, so one can see the seeds of liberal totalitarianism in Mill's writings. This new edition is intended to help readers to understand why democratic-liberalism came so close to its 19th century ideological rival.

Author : Joseph Hamburger
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 239 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0691089884

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John Stuart Mill on Liberty and Control by Joseph Hamburger Pdf

John Stuart Mill is one of the hallowed figures of the liberal tradition, revered for his defense of liberal principles and expansive personal liberty. By examining Mill's arguments in On Liberty in light of his other writings, however, Joseph Hamburger reveals a Mill very different from the "saint of rationalism" so central to liberal thought. He shows that Mill, far from being an advocate of a maximum degree of liberty, was an advocate of liberty and control--indeed a degree of control ultimately incompatible with liberal ideals. Hamburger offers this powerful challenge to conventional scholarship by presenting Mill's views on liberty in the context of his ideas about, in particular, religion and historical development. The book draws on the whole range of Mill's philosophical writings and on his correspondence with, among others, Harriet Taylor Mill, Auguste Comte, and Alexander Bain to show that Mill's underlying goal was to replace the traditional religious basis of society with a form of secular religion that would rest on moral authority, individual restraint, and social control. Hamburger argues that Mill was not self-contradictory in thus championing both control and liberty. Rather, liberty and control worked together in Mill's thought as part of a balanced, coherent program of social and moral reform that was neither liberal nor authoritarian. Based on a lifetime's study of nineteenth-century political thought, this clearly written and forcefully argued book is a major reinterpretation of Mill's ideas and intellectual legacy.

Author : John Stuart Mill
Publisher : MacMillan Publishing Company
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1956
Category : Liberty
ISBN : UOM:49015000632845

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On Liberty by John Stuart Mill Pdf

From the Introduction In his Autobiography, Mill predicts that the essay On Liberty is "likely to survive longer than anything else that I have written." He goes on to say that the essay is the expression of a "single truth: " "the importance, to man and society, of a large variety of types of character, and of giving full freedom to human nature to expand itself in innumerable and conflicting directions." In the essay itself, Mill defines his subject as "the nature and limits of the power which can be legitimately exercised by society over the individual." He defends the absolute freedom of individuals to engage in conduct not harmful to others, and the near-absolute freedom to express and discuss opinions of all kinds. Mill's essay survives, as he had predicted, because his powerful message is still widely rejected by the powerful, and by those who continue to seek power over the lives of others.

Author : Inder S. Marwah
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 309 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2019-05-23
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781108493789

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Liberalism, Diversity and Domination by Inder S. Marwah Pdf

Examines how distinctive liberalisms respond to racial, cultural, gender-based and class-based forms of diversity and difference.