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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... conception of liberty these commentators wish to uphold. Mill's varied and ambiguous uses of such words as coercion, interest, and harm are tortuously interpreted to make Mill's position compatible with twenti- eth-century conceptions ...
... conception of self-regarding conduct, there are not the protections provided to a private sphere in liberal thought. In fact, Mill allowed and even recommended directing social pressure and shaming against those exhibiting disapproved ...
... Conceptions of Liberty in Political Philosophy, ed. Z. Pelczynski and J. Gray (London: Athlone Press, 1984), 199. See also ibid. at 200, 201–2 and 209–11. Although he does not introduce the religion of humanity, Smith clearly sees an ...
... conception of indi- viduality is shown to be not only an ideal of character but also a constella- tion of personal qualities that would be instrumental for implementing his plan for moral reform. The way he proposed to implement this ...
... Conception of the Self,” Enlightenment and Dissent (1992): 86; and, Mill's “theory of freedom seems irresist- ibly to entail extensive intervention by society,” “J. S. Mill on Freedom,” in Conceptions of Liberty in Political Philosophy ...