Auguste Comte and John Stuart Mill on sexual equality
Subtitle: historical, methodological and philosophical issues
By: by Vincent Guillin.
Series: Studies in the history of political thought -- v. 1; Studies in the history of political thought -- v. 1.
Publisher: Brill
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Leiden; Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 367
ISBN-13: 9789004174696
Subjects: Comte, Auguste, -- 1798-1857 -- Political and social views; Mill, John Stuart, -- 1806-1873 -- Political and social views; Sex discrimination against women; Sex differences; Women's rights
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Comte and Mill on sexual equality : context and problems; title: The female brain and the subjection of women : biology, phrenology and sexual equality; title: The phrenological controversy; title: The explanation of moral phenomena : Comte and Mill on the architectonics of the moral sciences; title: A never ending subjection? : Comte, Mill, and the sociological argument against sexual equality; title: The ethological fiasco : the methodological shortcomings of the Millian science of the formation of character; title: How to discover one's nature : Mill's argument for emancipation in the Subjection of women; title: Conclusion.