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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... Criticisms of recent liberal thought have raised questions about its con- ception of individual liberty in relation to law, custom, mores, opinions, and religious belief, that is, to ways some liberty may be reduced in order to ...
... as is absolutely indispensable to make out our particular conclusion.” “Comparison of the Tendencies of French and English Intellect” (1833), CW, 23, 445–46. 1 Alexander Bain, John Stuart Mill: A Criticism with Personal xviii PREFACE.
... criticisms made by friends and colleagues. I especially appreciate informative and stimulating con- versations about ... criticism. I have also greatly benefited from critical comments and stimu- lating discussion by colleagues in the ...
... Criticism with Personal Recollections (London, 1882), 103. According to Bain, Mill had for Grote “an almost filial affection, and generally gave him the earliest intimation of his own plans.” Ibid., 83. 2 Ibid., 104. 3 Citations in ...
... criticism of “current ideas of liberty, which . . . would repel the at- tempt to put any restraint upon [a person's] inclinations when the conse- quence of their indulgence is a life or lives of wretchedness and depravity to the ...