On Liberty and Utilitarianism
Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality, Philosophy, Ethics & Moral Philosophy
| Author: | John Stuart Mill | ISBN: | 9780553904994 |
| Publisher: | Random House Publishing Group | Publication: | April 29, 2008 |
| Imprint: | Bantam Classics | Language: | English |
| Author: | John Stuart Mill |
| ISBN: | 9780553904994 |
| Publisher: | Random House Publishing Group |
| Publication: | April 29, 2008 |
| Imprint: | Bantam Classics |
| Language: | English |
These two essays by John Stuart Mill, England's greatest nineteenth-century philosopher, are the fruit of six hundred years of progressive thought about individual rights and the responsibilities of society. Together they provide the moral and theoretical justification for liberal democracy as we know it, and their incalculable influence on modern history testifies not only to the force of their arguments, but also to the power ideas can have over human affairs.
These two essays by John Stuart Mill, England's greatest nineteenth-century philosopher, are the fruit of six hundred years of progressive thought about individual rights and the responsibilities of society. Together they provide the moral and theoretical justification for liberal democracy as we know it, and their incalculable influence on modern history testifies not only to the force of their arguments, but also to the power ideas can have over human affairs.
