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James Mill's Utilitarian Logic and Politics (Paperback)
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James Mill's Utilitarian Logic and Politics (Paperback)
Series: Routledge Studies in Modern British History
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James Mill's (1773-1836) role in the development of utilitarian
thought in the nineteenth century has been overshadowed both by
John Stuart Mill (1806-1873) and by Jeremy Bentham (1748-1832). Of
the three, the elder Mill is considered to be the least original
and with the least important, if any, contributions to utilitarian
theory. True as this statement may be, even those who have tried to
challenge some of its aspects take the common portrayal of Mill -
"the rationalist, the maker of syllogisms, the geometrician" - as
given. This book does not. Studying James Mill's background has
surprising results with reference to influences outside the
Benthamite tradition as well as unexpected implications for his
contributions to debates of his time. The book focuses on his
political ideas, the ways in which he communicated them and the
ways in which he formed them in an attempt to reveal a portrait of
Mill unencumbered from the legacy of Thomas Babington Macaulay's
(1800-1859) brilliant essay "Utilitarian Logic and Politics".
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