The Cambridge Companion to MillJohn Skorupski Cambridge University Press, 1998 M01 13 - 591 pages John Stuart Mill was one of the greatest thinkers of the nineteenth century. His impact on modern culture and thought has been immense, and his continuing importance for contemporary philosophy and social thought is widely recognized. This companion furnishes the reader with a systematic and up-to-date account of the many facets of Mill's thought and influence. New readers will find this the most convenient and accessible guide to Mill currently available. Advanced students and specialists will find a conspectus of recent developments in the interpretation of Mill. |
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... freedom as well as a ' negative ' notion of civil liberty . By the end of his life he thought of himself as a kind of socialist ; but the posthumously published ' Chapters on Socialism ' ( CW V 4 THE CAMBRIDGE COMPANION TO MILL.
... freedom as well as a ' negative ' notion of civil liberty . By the end of his life he thought of himself as a kind of socialist ; but the posthumously published ' Chapters on Socialism ' ( CW V 4 THE CAMBRIDGE COMPANION TO MILL.
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... freedom , the elevation and enno- blement of the feelings , all of which require an objective philo- sophical anthropology - was replaced on the political plane with questions of social justice and national efficiency , on the moral ...
... freedom , the elevation and enno- blement of the feelings , all of which require an objective philo- sophical anthropology - was replaced on the political plane with questions of social justice and national efficiency , on the moral ...
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... freedom and individual spontaneity.14 Moral freedom means the capacity of self- government - the capability of ordering one's actions by what one is oneself able to recognise as good reasons . Spontaneity is not the simple expression of ...
... freedom and individual spontaneity.14 Moral freedom means the capacity of self- government - the capability of ordering one's actions by what one is oneself able to recognise as good reasons . Spontaneity is not the simple expression of ...
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... freedom and expressive spontaneity . And it is no part of classical liberalism to deny the state or society a role in fostering , as against enforcing , that ideal through its educational and cultural policies . 19 On the other hand ...
... freedom and expressive spontaneity . And it is no part of classical liberalism to deny the state or society a role in fostering , as against enforcing , that ideal through its educational and cultural policies . 19 On the other hand ...
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... freedom ' and ' individual spontaneity ' from Mill . Another version of the contrast I have in mind is Matthew Arnold's ' strictness of conscience ' and ' spontaneity of consciousness ' ( Culture and Anarchy , Arnold 1993 ) . However ...
... freedom ' and ' individual spontaneity ' from Mill . Another version of the contrast I have in mind is Matthew Arnold's ' strictness of conscience ' and ' spontaneity of consciousness ' ( Culture and Anarchy , Arnold 1993 ) . However ...
Contents
Mill on language and logic | 35 |
Mill mathematics and the naturalist tradition | 57 |
Mill on induction and scientific method | 112 |
Mill phenomenalism and the self | 139 |
Mill on religion | 176 |
Mill on psychology and the moral sciences | 203 |
Mills utilitarianism | 255 |
Mills political economy Ricardian science and liberal utilitarian art | 293 |
Democracy socialism and the working classes | 372 |
The subjection of women | 396 |
Mill and the Classical world | 423 |
The reception and early reputation of Mills political thought | 464 |
Mill in a liberal landscape | 497 |
Guide to further reading | 541 |
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