On Liberty and Other Essays

by John Stuart Mill

Overview

The four essays here collected, for the first time, in a single volume, show Mill applying his liberal utilitarian philosophy to a range of issues that remain vital today--issues of the nature of ethics, the scope and limits of individual liberty, the merits and costs of democratic government, and the place of women in society. Contrary to the common view, these essays show Mill to be a systematic and consistent thinker rather than the muddled eclectic of traditional interpretations. Mill emerges as a thinker no less ambitious than Marx, and one whose concerns are as much our own as his.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781420937510
Publisher:	Digireads.com Publishing
Publication date:	01/01/2010
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

Jesus College, Oxford

Table of Contents

On Liberty; Utilitarianism; Considerations on Representative Government; The Subjection of Women

Editorial Reviews

"Usefully brings together his main political essays in inexpensive and accessible form."—J.D. Peters, University of Iowa

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