Liberty, Equality, Fraternity (Cambridge Studies in the History and Theory of Politics) - Softcover

Stephen, James Fitzjames

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0521180821 ISBN 13: 9780521180825

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2011

Synopsis

R. J. White's edition, which was originally published in 1967, made Fitzjames Stephen's classic available for the first time since 1914. The editor made use of the 1874 second edition which included Stephen's notes in reply to his original critics. Stephen's work is written as a systematic denunciation of John Stuart Mill's political thought. It is thus of great importance in the history of Utilitarianism, and also as the most forthright and systematic of the Victorian attacks on democracy. Stephen's work is also important for its repudiation of the progressive attitudes to religion and morality characteristic of the Comptist philosophy which had attracted Mill. Stephen's aim was to show that 'no room is left for the order of ideas hinted at by the phrase 'Liberty, Equality, Fraternity''. He argues his case with legal precision and considerable rhetorical powers.

About this title

Book Description:

R. J. White's 1967 edition made Fitzjames Stephen's classic available for the first time since 1914. Stephen's work is written as a systematic denunciation of John Stuart Mill's political thought. It is thus of great importance in the history of Utilitarianism, and as the most forthright of the Victorian attacks on democracy.

About the Author:

Warner is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Roosevelt University.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0521180821
• ISBN 13: 9780521180825
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 300
• Editor: White R. J.