On Liberty and Other Essays (Oxford World's Classics) - Softcover

Mill, John Stuart

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0192833847 ISBN 13: 9780192833846

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 1998

Synopsis

Collected here in a single volume for the first time, On Liberty, Utilitarianism, Considerations on Representative Government, and The Subjection of Women show John Stuart Mill applying his liberal utilitarian philosophy to a range of issues that remain vital today--the nature of ethics, the scope and limits of individual liberty, the merits of and costs of democratic government, and the place of women in society. In his Introduction John Gray describes these essays as applications of Mill's doctrine of the Art of Life, as set out in A System of Logic. Using the resources of recent scholarship, he shows Mill's work to be far richer and subtler than traditional interpretations allow.

About this title

About the Author:

John Gray is at Jesus College, Oxford and Research Fellow at Social Philosophy and Policy Center, Bowling Green, Ohio.

Review:

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

About this edition

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0192833847
• ISBN 13: 9780192833846
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 632
• Editor: Gray John