John Stuart Mill: Thought and Influence - A Bicentennial Reappraisal
by Georgios Varouxakis (9780415555180)

More than two hundred years after his birth, and 150 years after the publication of his most famous essay On Liberty, John Stuart Mill remains one of the towering intellectual figures of the Western tradition.


This book combines an assessment of the philosophical legacy of Mill's arguments with an assessment of Mill's complex and fecund version of liberalism and his account of the relationship between character and ethical and political commitment. Bringing together leading international and interdisciplinary scholars, including Martha Nussbaum and Peter Singer, this book offers a compelling interpretation of John Stuart Mill as a philosopher who can speak beyond the confines of his own times and can continue to inspire and inform the possibility of a liberal response to the demands of democratic modernity. It is structured around three key themes:

• The Character, culture and the ethos of liberal utilitarianism








• Logic, ethics and political philosophy








• The challenge of, and challenges to, Mill's liberal ethos

It will be of interest to students and scholars of Politics, Political Theory, Philosophy, History, English, Psychology, and also Cultural Studies, Empire studies, nationalism and ethnicity studies.

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