John Stuart Mill on Liberty and ControlPrinceton University Press, 2001 M06 18 - 264 pages John Stuart Mill is one of the hallowed figures of the liberal tradition, revered for his defense of liberal principles and expansive personal liberty. By examining Mill's arguments in On Liberty in light of his other writings, however, Joseph Hamburger reveals a Mill very different from the "saint of rationalism" so central to liberal thought. He shows that Mill, far from being an advocate of a maximum degree of liberty, was an advocate of liberty and control--indeed a degree of control ultimately incompatible with liberal ideals. |
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Joseph Hamburger. For LH, AH, JH, PH, & BZ CONTENTS EDITOR'S NOTE PREFACE ACKNOWLEDGMENTS CHAPTER ONE Liberty and Control.
Joseph Hamburger. PREFACE. I. T is commonly believed that Mill unequivocally favored individual liberty. In On Liberty he eloquently proclaimed the value of complete liberty of speech and, with few limitations, conduct; and with passion ...
... Liberty is analyzed as if Mill's only purpose in writing it was to establish a princi- ple of liberty that specifies the many circumstances in which free choice is permitted and the few in which it might be limited. Those adopting this ...