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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... expression, his claim on behalf of individuality was. versus Paternalism,” Ethics 90 (1979-80): 476, 478, and passim. Wollheim imaginatively extends Mill's argument “in the general direction in which he was facing.” He offers a “line of ...
Joseph Hamburger. kinds of self-expression, his claim on behalf of individuality was anything but absolute. Indeed, Mill's regime was so censorious, and the range of conduct that was discouraged and forbidden was so great, it must be ...
... expression to the case for liberty it is surely Mill. Such is the dominant view. ... [He] emerges by common consent as the most eminent advocate of individual freedom.”5 Accompanying this general agreement, it is true, there are ...
... expressions of distaste and contempt and have argued that Mill would have allowed full liberty to those whose conduct was low and depraved, a position that follows from the assumption that Mill would not allow interference with self ...
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