Frederick Rosen presents an original study of John Stuart Mill's
moral and political philosophy, which explores the main themes of
his writings-particularly those that emerge from the two major
works, System of Logic (1843) and Principles of Political Economy
(1848). From these, Mill developed the more widely-read later
essays, On Liberty (1859), Utilitarianism (1861), Considerations on
Representative Government (1861), and The Subjection of Women
(1869). He was one of the greatest thinkers of the nineteenth
century, and attempted to understand the political as well as
intellectual struggles of his time, including those between
capitalism and socialism, liberty and despotism, and Christianity
and secular forces (particularly the sciences) that seemed to
undermine religious belief. Rosen examines Mill's complex
relationships with other contemporary thinkers (such as Jeremy
Bentham, James Mill, Auguste Comte, George Grote, and Harriet
Taylor Mill), and his philosophical sources, including Socrates,
Plato, Aristotle, Hobbes, Locke, and Hume; and goes on to
illustrate Mill's influence on subsequent philosophers, logicians,
and economists. Rosen considers Mill's approaches to the study of
active character and happiness in his work on logic and in the
study of political economy, from which new interpretations of his
ideas of liberty, justice, equality, and utility follow. Many of
the debates with which Mill was engaged remain part of contemporary
life, and Rosen's book is a guide for exploring and resolving them.
Mill's ideas, his arguments, and the versions of utilitarianism and
liberalism that he developed have created a humane, civilising
philosophy for our times.
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