Why read Mill today
By: John Skorupski.
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2006
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 121
Subjects: Mill, John Stuart, 1806-1873; Liberalism; Utilitarianism
Description: "In this book, John Skorupski argues that Mill is a profound and inspiring social and political thinker from whom we still have much to learn. He reflects on Mill's central arguments in his most famous works, including Utilitarianism and On Liberty, and traces their implications for democratic politics. With the use of topical and controversial examples, including privacy, religious intolerance, and freedom of speech, he makes Mill's concerns our own at a time when what liberalism means, and why it matters, are once again in dispute." "He concludes that Mill's place in the pantheon of 'great thinkers' rests not only on his specific political and social doctrines, but above all on his steadfastly generous and liberal vision of human beings, their relations to one another, and what makes life worth living."--Jacket.
Table of contents: title: Free thought; title: Mill's life and work; title: Liberalism as free thought; title: Thinking from within; title: Religion; title: The good for human beings; title: Happiness and self-development; title: The greatest happiness principle; title: The liberal ideal; title: Qualities of happiness; title: Morality and justice; title: Liberty; title: Liberty and popular sovereignty; title: The liberty principle; title: Spontaneity, conflict, progress; title: Liberty of discussion; title: Personal independence; title: Modernity; title: Interpreting the modern world; title: History and character; title: Marx and Mill on socialism; title: Democracy; title: Reflection; title: Mill as a late-modern thinker; title: Culture and democracy; title: Equality; title: Mill and liberalism today; title: What works? What inspires?