THE LOGIC OF THE MORAL SCIENCES. With an Introduction by A.J. Ayer.

Mill, J.S.

ISBN 10: 0715615858 / ISBN 13: 9780715615850

Published by Duckworth, 1987., 1987

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1st edition. 8vo. 144pp. Ownership inscription to front f.e.p. Original boards. Faded blue d/w. lettered in black. ISBN 0715615858 US$10.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: THE LOGIC OF THE MORAL SCIENCES. With an Introduction by A.J. Ayer.
• Publisher: Duckworth, 1987.
• Publication Date: 1987
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0715615858
• ISBN 13: 9780715615850
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
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Synopsis

This work by the greatest nineteenth-century liberal thinker is one of the founding documents of modern social science, yet its numerous subtle insights and methodological proposals have still not been exhaustively pursued. Mill contends that complex phenomena like those of society cannot be analyzed by casual empiricism or direct experiment. Merely "empirical laws" based on historical generalizations must ultimately be derivable from a deductive science of human nature, notably psychology. Mill argues that free choice is not incompatible with deterministic explanation, criticizes Bentham's reduction of human motives to self-interest, defends Comte's law of three stages, and holds out the prospect of greatly improved policy-making founded on a more advanced social science