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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... views have become part of our intellectual culture, and as such they are regarded as particularly significant for being linked to the defense of such core values in the mod- ern ethos as liberty, privacy, and individuality. In support ...
... views, these authors seek to reconcile Mill's arguments with their own. To do this, they interpret and reinterpret Mill's words and arguments to find in them a coherent defense of the conception of liberty these commentators wish to ...
... views I attribute to Mill were in fact held by him. It will be argued that these sources reflect a coherent perspective and strat- egy and that many reflect and are part of a program he conceived as con- sistent parts of a larger whole ...
... views about religion, which were closely connected with his speculations about politics, society, morals, and liberty, occupy the next four chapters. His program for de-Christian- izing Western culture and bringing about a fully secular ...
... views on the enforcement of morality, the ideas and persons (including Harriet Taylor Mill) that influenced his arguments, and his intentions (was he voicing complaints against the confining customs of Victorian England or was he making ...