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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... Arguments about Christianity in On Liberty CHAPTER SIX The Religion of Humanity CHAPTER SEVEN Individuality and Moral Reform CHAPTER EIGHT How Much Liberty? CHAPTER NINE Mill's Rhetoric EPILOGUE INDEX ix xi xix 3 18 42 55 86 108 149 166 ...
... arguments or to resolve issues my father had left for further consideration, I have altered his manuscript only where clearly guided by his notes or by necessity. Fortunately, he left a manuscript that was almost ready for publication ...
... arguments he actually puts forward. The consensus about Mill's advocacy of liberty is not confined to the scholarly literature, for his views have become part of our intellectual culture, and as such they are regarded as particularly ...
... arguments for it. They isolate the text from its historical context and often from most of Mill's other writings, and ... argument that Mill “flirts with the concept and that it is autonomy he values most highly—that Mill really meant ...
... arguments he did not use, they also turn a blind eye to arguments he did use which are incompatible with their ... argument that I have attributed to Mill. . . . An element of this is speculation, and it all goes beyond what Mill ...