On Liberty and Utilitarianism

Name: On Liberty and Utilitarianism
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ISBN: 9780553214147

ISBN-10: 0553214144

ISBN-13: 9780553214147

Edition: 1993

Authors: John Stuart Mill, Alan M. Dershowitz, John Stuart Mill

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Together, these two essays mark the philosophic cornerstone of democratic morality and represent a thought-provoking search for the true balance between the rights of the individual and the power of the state. Thoroughly schooled in the principles of the utilitarian movement founded by Jeremy Bentham, John Stuart Mill nevertheless brings his own unique intellectual energy to issues such individual freedom, equality, authority, happiness, justice, and virtue. On Liberty is Mill's famous examination of the nature of individuality and its crucial role in any social system that expected to remain creative and vital. Utilitarian brilliantly expounds a pragmatic ethic based on one controversial…

Book details

List price: $7.50
Copyright year: 1993
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
Publication date: 1/1/1993
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 272
Size: 4.25" wide x 7.01" long x 0.55" tall
Weight: 0.286
Language: English



Introduction


Notes


Select Bibliography


Chronology


On Liberty


Introductory


Of the Liberty of Thought and Discussion


Of Individuality, as one of the Elements of Well-being


Of the Limits to the Authority of Society over the Individual


Applications


Utilitarianism


General Remarks


What Utilitarianism is


Of the Ultimate Sanction of the Principle of Utility


Of what sort of Proof the Principle of Utility is Susceptible


Of the Connection between Justice and Utility