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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... belief that custom is despotic; but it ignores the other part, which called for moral authority, individual re- straint, and social control. His belief in the importance of these things has serious implications for his status as a ...
... belief.”7 Thus Cowling's book was often discussed in ideological. 6 John C. Rees, “The Reaction to Cowling on Mill,” Mill Newsletter 1, no. 2 (spring 1996): 9. definition of utilitarianism put forward by revisionists such as Pym, xv ...
... belief. Cowling made himself vulnerable, however, by exaggerating Mill's posi- tion, portraying him as dogmatic and as seeking to establish an “oppres- sive consensus” with “binding authority” and as advocating “moral in- doctrination ...
... belief that On Liberty includes pro- posals for no more than minimal restraint or control. There have been dissenters from the consensus view. In a few cases it has been suggested that Mill rejected negative liberty and, without using ...
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