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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... concern about limits on liberty, although he does not introduce the religion of humanity. Recognizing Mill's link between virtue and freedom, Smith notes “a highly authoritarian outcome which only Mill's reluctance (or inability) to ...
... concerns others. In the. 11 John C. Rees, “The Reaction to Cowling on Mill,” Mill Newsletter 1, no. 2 (spring 1966): 2–11. 12 According to Rees's widely accepted reformulation, harm is understood 6 LIBERTY AND CONTROL.
... concerns himself, his independence is, of right, absolute. Over himself, over his own body and mind, the individual ... concerned “things [society] left alone that it ought to control.” There are indications that a positive answer should ...
... concern himself and his assurance that, “Over himself, over his own body and mind, the individual is sovereign” (224). Statements such as this strongly suggest that the individual would not be “amenable to society” (224) for much of his ...
... concerned to pre- vent harm, and consequently he did not approve of liberty to dissolve the marriage contract, in spite of his wish to consider the happiness of both husband and wife. In On Liberty he equivocates and resists endorsing ...