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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... existing in a realm of privacy which should be protected from intrusions by government and especially by society. Eager to appropriate Mill's authority for their own views, these authors seek to reconcile Mill's arguments with their own ...
... existing customs, mores, and religion, and this part of his outlook was reflected in his telling us that he modeled himself on the philosophes.3 Yet he also shared certain goals of the counter-Enlight- enment—the establishment of moral ...
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