num_pages: 240
description: 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.
language: English
title: On Liberty and Utilitarianism
titlecomplete: On Liberty and Utilitarianism
genres: Classics, History, Philosophy, Education, Economics, Sociology, Nonfiction, Theory, Government, Politics
ratings_count: 709
publisher: Everyman's Library; Alfred A. Knopf