On Liberty, Utilitarianism and Other Essays (Oxford World.
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Mill's essay has been criticized for being overly vague about the limits of liberty, for placing too much of an emphasis on the individual, and for not making a useful distinction between actions that only harm oneself, and actions that harm others. That said, the essay does provide an impassioned defense of nonconformity as a positive good for society, and an equally impassioned reminder that.
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An action that affects no one other than the agent. Some authorities locate this categorization of action in Kant's treatment of the ordinary moral consciousness, others in Bentham's account of the relationship between pains, pleasures, and motives. But the most extended classical treatment is undoubtedly in J. S. Mill's On Liberty (1859). Here Mill distinguishes a province of virtue from a.
In his Introduction John Gray describes these essays as applications of Mill's doctrine of the Art of Life, as set out in A System of Logic. Using the resources of recent revisionist scholarship, he shows Mill's work to be far richer and subtler than traditional interpretations allow. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics.
On Liberty, Utilitarianism and Other Essays. John Stuart Mill. Oxford University Press UK (2015) Abstract 'it is only the cultivation of individuality which produces, or can produce, well developed human beings'Mill's four essays, 'On Liberty, 'Utilitarianism', 'Considerations on Representative Government', and 'The Subjection of Women' examine the most central issues that face liberal.
On Liberty is an essential introduction to a very important issue, one that is as timely now as it was when Mill wrote it. It is also an approachable book, readily comprehensible, clearly argued, well-written. Mill makes his points well, and though he does not exhaustively consider all the ramifications of his arguments, he offers a solid basis for all further discussion. And a great deal of.