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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... statement put as much emphasis on control as on liberty, which is just how Grote understood it, for he told another friend, Alexander Bain, “It is all very well for John Mill to stand up for the removal of social restraints, but as to ...
... statement that very severe penalties may be suffered even for self-regarding conduct invites further inquiry. Can Mill's statement be reconciled with any of the variants of the consensus interpretation? Or, does the statement in chapter ...
... Statements such as this strongly suggest that the individual would not be “amenable to society” (224) for much of his conduct. This impression is reenforced by. 19 Ten, Mill, 6. 20 Ibid., 29; see also 4, 41. 21 A few have not ignored ...
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