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Since its first publication in 1859, few works of political philosophy have provoked such continuous controversy as John Stuart Mill's "On Liberty", a passionate argument on behalf of freedom of self-expression. This classic work is now available in this volume which also includes essays by scholars in a range of fields. The text begins with a biographical essay by David Bromwich and an interpretative essay by George Kateb. Then Jean Bethke Elshtain, Owen Fiss, Judge Richard A. Posner and Jeremy Waldron present commentaries on the pertinence of Mill's thinking to early 21st century debates. They discuss, for example, the uses of authority and tradition, the shifting legal boundaries of free speech and free action, the relation of personal liberty to market individualism, and the tension between the right to live as one pleases and the right to criticize anyone's way of life

John Stuart Mill's masterwork: A meditation on the relationship between the individual and society One of the foremost thinkers of his age, John Stuart Mill was a steadfast advocate of individual freedom. This groundbreaking work explores the relationship between freedom and authority, between the citizen and the state, applying Mill's concept of utilitarianism to the philosophy of governance. Individual liberties, Mill argues, are threatened by the very concept of democracy, which is continually at risk of veering into tyranny. Mill outlines the basic liberties to which individuals are entitl

This book is a philosophical work by British philosopher John Stuart Mill. It was a radical work to the Victorian readers of the time, as it supported individuals' moral and economic freedom from the state. This edition has been specially formatted by Andrews UK for today's e-reading devices, and features an easy-to-navigate table of contents.

Preface; 1. On Liberty and the Real Will 2. Fairness and Fortune 3. Threats, Offers, Law, Opinion and Liberty 4. Retributive Punishment 5. Compensatory Discrimination 6. Individual Liberty 7. Civil Liberty and the Rule of Law 8. The Indefeasibility of Justice 9. Procedural Equality: A Reply to Mr Ingram 10. Is the Concept of Freedom Essentially Contestable? 11. Collective Liberty and Religious Liberty 12. Economic Liberty and Economic Justice 13. Professor Taylor on Liberty and Justice; Index of Names; Index of Notions

chapter 1 Introduction -- chapter 2 The liberty of the ancients compared with that of moderns -- chapter 3 The gnoseological roots of liberty and tribalism -- chapter 4 The failure of psychologism and the question of private property -- chapter 5 Mandeville and the Scottish moralists -- The discovery of society as a spontaneous order -- chapter 6 Austrian marginalism -- The limits of knowledge and society as a spontaneous order -- chapter 7 The intellectualistic hubris and the destruction of liberty.

Intro -- William Edward Hartpole Lecky, Democracy and Liberty -- Front Matter -- Title Page -- Copyright Details -- Contents of the First Volume, p. vii -- Introduction by William Murchison, p. xxiii -- Preface, p. xxxiii -- Democracy and Liberty, Volume I -- Chapter 1, p. 3 -- Chapter 2, p. 117 -- Chapter 3, p. 217 -- Chapter 4, p. 305 -- Chapter 5, p. 397 -- Chapter 6, p. 426 -- Democracy and Liberty, Volume II -- Contents to the Second Volume, p. vii -- Chapter 6 (continued), p. 1 -- Chapter 7, p. 83 -- Chapter 8, p. 190 -- Chapter 9, p. 313 -- Chapter 10, p. 426 -- Index, p. 475 -- Biographical Note, p. 502.

Available Open Access under CC-BY-NC licence. Paul Spicker's new book takes the three founding principles of the French Revolution - Liberty, Equality, Fraternity - and examines how they relate to social policy today. The book considers the political and moral dimensions of a wide range of social policies, and offers a different way of thinking about each subject from the way it is usually analysed.