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

Mill, John Stuart

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0199535736 ISBN 13: 9780199535736

Publisher: Oxford Paperbacks, 2008

Synopsis

Collected here in a single volume for the first time are John Stuart Mill's On Liberty, Utilitarianism, Considerations on Representative Government, and The Subjection of Women. These essays show 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.

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About the Author:

John Stuart Mill was an English philosopher, politician and economist most famous for his contributions to the theory of utilitarianism. The author of numerous influential political treatises, Mill's writings on liberty, freedom of speech, democracy and economics have helped to form the foundation of modern liberal thought. His 1859 work, On Liberty, is particularly noteworthy for helping to address the nature and limits of the power of the state over the individual. Mills has become one of the most influential figures in nineteenth-century philosophy, and his writings are still widely studied and analyzed by scholars. Mills died in 1873 at the age of 66.

About this edition

• Publisher: Oxford Paperbacks
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0199535736
• ISBN 13: 9780199535736
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 632
• Editor: Gray John