This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.
John Stuart Mill was a celebrated English political economist and logician; born in London, May 20, 1806; died at Avignon, France, May 8, 1873. He was the son of James...
Published after Mill’s death to avoid controversy, the three essays in this edition, Nature, Utility of Religion, and Theism, represent Mill’s considered position on religion.
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.
This expanded edition includes the text of his 1868 speech to the British House of Commons defending the use of capital punishment in cases of aggravated murder.
This edition has its origin in the acclaimed Broadview Anthology of Social and Political Thought and adheres to the anthology’s format and high standard of accuracy and accessibility.
This book maintains that ethics primarily depend on the consequences of one's behavior rather that the values one holds. Thus values are ethical insofar as these values produce desirable outcomes.
In this Broadview Edition, Colin Heydt provides a substantial introduction that will enable readers to understand better the polemical context for Utilitarianism.
Considerations on Representative Government, England and Ireland, Speech In Favor of Capital Punishment, ... It may well be doubted if an independent Ireland could in any way give such effective support to any cause to which Ireland is ...
Table of Contents The Logic of the Moral Sciences by Mill, John Stuart; Ayer, A.J. (Introduction by) Terms of Use Introduction A.J. Ayer p. 9 1.
There is also disagreement as to whether total (total utilitarianism), average (average utilitarianism) or minimum utility should be maximized.Though the seeds of the theory can be found in the hedonists Aristippus and Epicurus, who viewed ...
On Liberty is a philosophical work by 19th century English philosopher John Stuart Mill, first published in 1859. To the Victorian readers of the time it was a radical work,...
Concerned with modern Western political philosophy, this text contains J.S. Mill's On Liberty and a selection of essays by Isaiah Berlin, Alan Ryan, John Rees, C.L.Ten and Richard Wollheim on...
In "On Liberty," John Stuart Mill begins by writing, "The subject of this essay is not the so-called 'liberty of the will', so unfortunately opposed to the misnamed doctrine of philosophical necessity; but civil, or social liberty: the ...
In addition to its many useful appendices, this new edition includes a chronology, bibliography, and a substantial introduction which outlines Mill’s life and works, and sets this central work of 1859 in the context of both his own ...
On Liberty is a philosophical essay by the English philosopher John Stuart Mill. Published in 1859, it applies Mill's ethical system of utilitarianism to society and state.
On Liberty is a philosophical work 19th century English philosopher John Stuart Mill, first published in 1859. To the Victorian readers of the time it was a radical work, advocating moral and economic freedom of individuals from the state.
This edition contains an introduction which puts the work in its biographical and political context.
On Liberty is a philosophical essay by the English philosopher John Stuart Mill. Published in 1859, it applies Mill's ethical system of utilitarianism to society and state.
REFERRED TO: 1, 9, 10, 23, 25, 27, 29, 29n, 39n, 41, 56, 66, 88n, 143, 143n, 147n–8n, 154, 175, 179, 207, 207n–8n, 241, 313n, 320n,334, 355, 364, 449n, 466n, 485, 493n ——— Kritik der Praktischen Vernunft, in Sämmtliche Werke.