Author: John Stuart MillPublisher:
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Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 410
Book Description
Vindication of the French revolution of February, 1848; in reply to Lord Brougham and others. Appendix. Enfranchisement of women. Dr. Whewell on moral philosophy. Grote's history of Greece. A few words on nonintervention. The slave power. Utilitarianism
Author: John Stuart MillPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 410
Book Description
Dissertations and Discussions
Author: John Stuart MillPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 408
Book Description
Union Catalog of the Graduate Theological Union
Author: Graduate Theological Union. LibraryPublisher:
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Category : Theology
Languages : en
Pages : 1036
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Autobiography
Author: John Stuart MillThe Happiness Philosophers
Author: Bart SchultzPublisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 0691154775
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 453
Book Description
A colorful history of utilitarianism told through the lives and ideas of Jeremy Bentham, John Stuart Mill, and its other founders In The Happiness Philosophers, Bart Schultz tells the colorful story of the lives and legacies of the founders of utilitarianism—one of the most influential yet misunderstood and maligned philosophies of the past two centuries. Best known for arguing that "it is the greatest happiness of the greatest number that is the measure of right and wrong," utilitarianism was developed by the radical philosophers, critics, and social reformers William Godwin (the husband of Mary Wollstonecraft and father of Mary Shelley), Jeremy Bentham, John Stuart and Harriet Taylor Mill, and Henry Sidgwick. Together, they had a profound influence on nineteenth-century reforms, in areas ranging from law, politics, and economics to morals, education, and women's rights. Their work transformed life in ways we take for granted today. Bentham even advocated the decriminalization of same-sex acts, decades before the cause was taken up by other activists. As Bertrand Russell wrote about Bentham in the late 1920s, "There can be no doubt that nine-tenths of the people living in England in the latter part of last century were happier than they would have been if he had never lived." Yet in part because of its misleading name and the caricatures popularized by figures as varied as Dickens, Marx, and Foucault, utilitarianism is sometimes still dismissed as cold, calculating, inhuman, and simplistic. By revealing the fascinating human sides of the remarkable pioneers of utilitarianism, The Happiness Philosophers provides a richer understanding and appreciation of their philosophical and political perspectives—one that also helps explain why utilitarianism is experiencing a renaissance today and is again being used to tackle some of the world's most serious problems.
In the Presence of the Past
Author: R.T. BienvenuPublisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 9401137641
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 298
Book Description
The broad canvas covered by the articles in the present volume celebrates the diversity and richness of the writings of Frank Manuel during a scholarly career that spans over five decades. The subjects of the articles - ranging from science to utopia, from theology to political thought - mirror many of the themes Manuel has written about with erudition, flair and uncommon perception. It is only fitting that in paying tribute to such a defiant intellect each author brings to his treatment a distinct perspective and texture, the result of his own original forays into the history of ideas. Yet underlying all the essays is the conviction that the study of the intersection of individuals and ideas still yields a rich harvest. Presented to Frank on the occasion of his eightieth birthday, In the Presence o/the Past honors a teacher, a friend and, above all, a scholar. R. T. Bienvenu and M. Feingold (eds). ln the presence of the past. vii. MARTIN PERETZ Frank Manuel: An Appreciation It was finally because of Frank Edward Manuel that I decided (however belatedly) to forgo a proper academic career. Since I had not left so much as a leafscar on the tree of the scholarly culture this is not a fact which anyone else would have reason to notice. It is also not, I am happy to add, something for which Manuel will be especially remembered.
Harriet Martineau's Autobiography
Author: Harriet MartineauPublisher:
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Category : Authors, English
Languages : en
Pages : 462
Book Description
J.S. Mill Revisited
Author: B. KinzerPublisher: Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN: 9781349538744
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
Bruce Kinzer offers a rich examination of personal and political themes in the life of the most influential liberal thinker of the Nineteenth century. He investigates young Mill's formative period and his relations with his father, Harriet Taylor, and Thomas Carlyle. Kinzer explores issues that bear upon our understanding of Mill as an engaged political thinker and actor and offers a complex portrait of Mill's life and politics.
The Life and Letters of Lord Macaulay
Author: George Otto TrevelyanPublisher:
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Category : Historians
Languages : en
Pages : 430
Book Description
Natural Images in Economic Thought
Author: Philip MirowskiPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521478847
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 640
Book Description
This 1994 book was the first collection devoted to impact of natural sciences on content and form of economics in history.