On Liberty

by Mill, John Stuart; Castell, Alburey; Beer, Samuel H.

• ISBN13: 9780882950563
• ISBN10: 0882950568
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1947-01-15
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Summary

In powerful and persuasive prose, Mill asks and answers provocative questions relating to the boundaries of social authority and individual sovereignty. This new edition offers students of political science and philosophy, in an inexpensive volume, one of the most influential studies on the nature of individual liberty and its role in a democratic society.

Author Biography

John Stuart Mill - 1806-1873 - was an English philosopher, economist, and proponent of Utilitarianism. His writings on the subjects of ethics and social and political philosophy influenced English thought in the 19th Century and continue to be read today.

Alburey Castell - 1904-1987 - was born in Canada and taught phiosophy at three U.S. universities. He also lectured at a number of other universities, including Yale and Columbia. He wrote Philosophy and the Teacher's World, which was an essay collection on the philosophy of education.

Table of Contents

Editorial Note
A Note on the Life and Thought of John Stuart Mill	p. 1
A Reading of On Liberty	p. 28
On Liberty
Introductory	p. 73
Of the Liberty of Thought and Discussion	p. 86
Of Individuality, as One of the Elements of Well-Being	p. 121
Of the Limits to the Authority of Society over the Individual	p. 139
Applications	p. 156
Rethinking On Liberty
A Freedom Both Personal and Political	p. 179
On Liberty: A Revaluation	p. 197
Mill's Liberty and the Problem of Authority	p. 208
Mill as a Critic of Culture and Society	p. 224
Bibliography	p. 247
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