On Liberty and Other Essays: On Liberty, Utilitarianism, Considerations on Representative Government, The Subjection of Women (Oxford World's Classics)

John Stuart Mill (Author); John Gray (Edited, With An Introduction & Notes by)

ISBN 10: 0192833847 / ISBN 13: 9780192833846

Published by Oxford University Press, Oxford, England, UK, New York, et al., 1998

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592 pp. Solidly bound copy with minimal external wear and crisp pages. Highlighter markings throughout book. A perfectly acceptable reading copy. Over-sized and/ or over weight book; may require additional postage. Please note that large and/ or heavy items may incur extra shipping charge for both domestic and/ or international shipments.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: On Liberty and Other Essays: On Liberty, Utilitarianism, Considerations on Representative Government, The Subjection of Women (Oxford World's Classics)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, Oxford, England, UK, New York, et al.
• Publication Date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0192833847
• ISBN 13: 9780192833846
• Binding: Trade Paperback
• Illustrator: Detail from Sketch for 'Soldiers Distributing Bread to the Poor' by Isisore Pils (Cover Illustration)
• Edition: Reissued 1998
• Condition: Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Political Science, Political Theory & Studies
  • Academic, Scholarly, Research
  • Philosophy

About this title

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 the Author

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