Why read Mill today? / John Skorupski.

Author/creator Skorupski, John, 1946-
Format Book
Publication InfoLondon ; New York : Routledge, 2006.
Descriptionxiii, 121 pages ; 21 cm
Supplemental ContentTable of contents
Subjects

Contents Free thought -- Mill's life and work -- Liberalism as free thought -- Thinking from within -- Religion -- The good for human beings -- Happiness and self-development -- The greatest happiness principle -- The liberal ideal -- Qualities of happiness -- Morality and justice -- Liberty -- Liberty and popular sovereignty -- The liberty principle -- Spontaneity, conflict, progress -- Liberty of thought and discussion -- Personal independence -- Modernity -- Interpreting the modern world -- History and character -- Marx and Mill on the good for human beings -- Democracy -- Reflection -- Mill as a late-modern thinker -- Culture and democracy -- Equality -- Mill and liberalism today -- What works? What inspires?
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2005030190
ISBN0415377447 (hardback : alk. paper)
ISBN9780415377447

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Joyner General Stacks B1608.L5 S56 2006 ✔ Available Place Hold