| On Liberty and Utilitarianism Contributor(s): Mill, John Stuart (Author) |
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ISBN: 0553214144 ISBN-13: 9780553214147 Publisher: Bantam Classics OUR PRICE: $6.75 Product Type: Mass Market Paperbound - Other Formats Published: January 1993 Annotation: Together, these two essays mark the philosophic cornerstone of democratic morality and represent a thought-provoking search for the true balance between the rights of the individual and the power of the state. Thoroughly schooled in the principles of the utilitarian movement founded by Jeremy Bentham, John Stuart Mill nevertheless brings his own unique intellectual energy to issues such individual freedom, equality, authority, happiness, justice, and virtue. "On Liberty is Mill's famous examination of the nature of individuality and its crucial role in any social system that expected to remain creative and vital. Utilitarian brilliantly expounds a pragmatic ethic based on one controversial proposition: actions are right only if they promote the common good and wrong if they do not. While much of Mill's thinking was eventually adopted by socialists, it is in today's democratic societies--with their troubling issues of crime, freedom of speech, and the boundaries of personal liberty--that his work resounds most powerfully. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Civil Rights - Fiction | Classics |
| Dewey: 323.44 |
| LCCN: 93135653 |
| Series: Bantam Classics |
| Physical Information: 0.56" H x 4.18" W x 6.9" (0.28 lbs) 272 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 19th Century |
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| Publisher Description: Together these two essays mark the philosophic cornerstone of democratic morality and represent a thought-provoking search for the true balance between the rights of the individual and the power of the state. Thoroughly schooled in the principles of the utilitarian movement founded by Jeremy Bentham, John Stuart Mill nevertheless brings his own unique intellectual energy to issues such as individual freedom, equality, authority, happiness, justice, and virtue. On Liberty is Mill's famous examination of the nature of individuality and its crucial role in any social system that expects to remain creative and vital. Utilitarianism brilliantly expounds a pragmatic ethic based on one controversial proposition: actions are right only if they promote the common good and wrong if they do not. While much of Mill's thinking was eventually adopted by socialists, it is in today's democratic societies--with their troubling issues of crime, freedom of speech, and the boundaries of personal liberty--that his work resounds most powerfully. |
