On Liberty (Wisehouse Classics - The Authoritative Harvard Edition 1909) (2016)
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| Rating | : | 4.40 (587 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 9176374270 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 102 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-11-08 |
| Language | : | English |
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"Must Read!!!!" according to Armando. What can be said of a work that is so influential and already so praised? Not much. What I can provide is a helpful hint for any student who is either curious or apprehensive about reading this: read it. This may seem obvious, but as any students knows, reading suggested readings can be less than pressing. However, this book will provide you with so much knowledge and insight into a topic that will pervade your education experience. Liberty, its power and limits, is the basis of this work, and Mill provides the brilliant reasoning that makes on question his or her own situation. Libertarians hold thi. A Strong Case Against Government Interference and "Group Think" Martie Canterberry Mill was an atheist and decidedly anti-Christian, and I state this for those who need to take this into account before reading an essay on world view. Despite this fact, John Stuart Mill would be most displeased with how Christians and religious conservatives are being vilified these days. He is definitely NOT in favor of shutting down dissenting opinions or open discussions, and the book has some potent quotes that could be applied to today's "politically correct" shenanigans. He makes a very strong case against the type of soft tyranny we are seeing today with regard to prevailing opinions on contr. Bromwich and Kateb Edition is Very Helpful. I ihave read Mill's On Liberty three times now. The Bromwich and Kateb version is the most helpful, as we not only get to read Mill's essay, but 6 supplementary essays - two "introductions" and four sometimes critical "reinterpretations" by respected theorists.Milll's basic point is simple: people should be left free to think and do as they please unless what they are doing causes actual harm to others. Mill's essay is spent both giving reasons for this principle, and exlporing what the principle means in practice.He offers a plurality of reasons for his libertarian ideas, some utilitarian in nature
Moralies, Florida State UniversityAn impressively compact and engaging introduction and a well-chosen selection of ancillary materials -- Eileen Gillooly, Columbia UniversityThe introduction offers fresh insights --Thomas Christiano, University of Arizona. A wonderful edition -- Irving Louis Horowitz, Rutgers UniversityAlexander should be commended for making this invaluable material accessible to scholars and students -- Maria H
Mill attempts to establish standards for the relationship between authority and liberty. He emphasizes the importance of individuality which he conceived as a prerequisite to the higher pleasures-the summum bonum of Utilitarianism. The ideas presented in ON LIBERTY have remained the basis of much liberal political thought. Some attacked it for its apparent discontinuity with Utilitarianism, while others criticised its vagueness. (more on wisehouse-classics). The work, published in 1859, applies Mill's ethical system of utilitarianism to society and the state. Furthermore, Mill criticised the errors of past attempts to defend individuality where, for example, democratic ideals resulted in the "tyranny of the majority." Among the standards established in this work are Mill's three basic liberties of individuals, his three legitimate objections to government intervention, and his two maxims regarding the relationship of the individual to society "which together form the entire doctrine of (Mill's) Essay." ON LIBERTY was a greatly influential and well received work, although it did not go without criticism. Mill's