Liberty, Equality, Fraternity

by James Fitzjames Stephen , Edited by R. J. White

• ISBN13: 9780521180825
• ISBN10: 0521180821
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-02-17
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary

R. J. White's edition, which was originally published in 1967, made Fitzjames Stephen's classic available for the first time since 1914. The editor made use of the 1874 second edition which included Stephen's notes in reply to his original critics. Stephen's work is written as a systematic denunciation of John Stuart Mill's political thought. It is thus of great importance in the history of Utilitarianism, and also as the most forthright and systematic of the Victorian attacks on democracy. Stephen's work is also important for its repudiation of the progressive attitudes to religion and morality characteristic of the Comptist philosophy which had attracted Mill. Stephen's aim was to show that 'no room is left for the order of ideas hinted at by the phrase 'Liberty, Equality, Fraternity''. He argues his case with legal precision and considerable rhetorical powers.

Table of Contents

Frontispiece: James Fitzjames Stephen

Editor's introduction

Bibliography and bibliographical note

Editor's acknowledgements

Notes on abbreviations and footnotes

Title-page of the second edition

Dedicatory letter

Preface to the second edition

The doctrine of liberty in general

The liberty of thought and discussion

The distinction between the temporal and spiritual power

The doctrine of liberty in its application to morals

Equality

Fraternity

Conclusion

Note on Utilitarianism

General index

Index of subjects and statements

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