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16 mag 2024 · Notable Works: “A System of Logic”. “Autobiography”. “Considerations on Representative Government”. “Essays on Some Unsettled Questions of Political Economy”. “Examination of Sir William Hamilton’s Philosophy”. “On Liberty”. “Principles of Political Economy”. “The Subjection of Women”.
- Public Life and Writing
Public life and writing of John Stuart Mill. The...
- Influence and Significance
Influence and significance of John Stuart Mill. Mill was a...
- The Later Years
The later years of John Stuart Mill. Mill sought relief by...
- George Grote
George Grote was an English historian, noted for his works...
- Richard Carlile
Richard Carlile (born December 8, 1790, Ashburton,...
- Diogenes Laërtius
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- Public Life and Writing
4 giorni fa · Although this philosophy has a long tradition, Mill's account is primarily influenced by Jeremy Bentham and Mill's father James Mill. John Stuart Mill believed in the philosophy of utilitarianism , which he would describe as the principle that holds "that actions are right in the proportion as they tend to promote happiness, wrong as they tend to produce the reverse of happiness."
3 giorni fa · The theological utilitarians had the option of grounding their pursuit of happiness in the will of God; the hedonistic utilitarians needed a different defence. Mill's approach is to argue that the pleasures of the intellect are intrinsically superior to physical pleasures.
22 mag 2024 · Some debate whether Mill is a consistent utilitarian, or whether he is an advocate of negative liberty — that is, of freedom from state control. Others question whether the distinction between self-regarding interests and those matters affecting others can be applied meaningfully in actual situations.
31 mag 2024 · Political Science. Government- James Mill (1825) The end of Government has been described in a great variety of expressions. By Locke it was said to be “the public good;” by others it has been described as being “the greatest happiness of the greatest number.” 69 min read.
1 giorno fa · Libertarianism is a political philosophy that takes individual liberty to be the primary political value. It may be understood as a form of liberalism, which seeks to define and justify the legitimate powers of government in terms of certain natural or God-given individual rights.
13 mag 2024 · James Mill’s Indian contemporary, Rammohun Roy (Reference Roy 1887, 631), found it perfectly reasonable in 1820 to describe the “Asiatic nations” under European rule as “colonies.”
