------------------------------------------------- John Stuart Mill John Stuart Mill‚ FRSE (20 May 1806 – 8 May 1873) was an English philosopher‚ political economist and civil servant. He was an influential contributor tosocial theory‚ political theory and political economy. He has been called "the most influential English-speaking philosopher of the nineteenth century".[3]Mill’s conception of liberty justified the freedom of the individual in opposition to unlimited state control.[4] He was a proponent
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John Stuart Mill-Enlightenment and the freedom of thought Short biography John Stuart Mill was born in 1806‚ after the Enlightenment and after the American Declaration of Independence‚ but his interpretation of the basic ideas of liberty‚ individual rights‚ women’s rights‚ and other issues contribute to the continuing development of democratic ideas. Mill was a philosopher‚ economist‚ and (like his friend Jeremy Bentham) was a proponent of Utilitarianism. Utilitarians believed that an action
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Elizabeth I versus the Stuart Monarchs Kayla Christie 3rd Block The difference between Elizabeth I and the Stuart monarchs defines the way they ruled and their actions. When comparing Elizabeth I and the Stuart monarchs‚ one should take in factors such as each individual’s personality‚ religious views‚ and views on parliament. Elizabeth I was intelligent‚ and wanted religious unity in her country. She also believed that parliament was essential during her reign. The Stuart monarchs such as James
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NOTES – JOHN STUART MILL - UTILITARIANISM 1. John Stuart Mill – On Virtue and Happiness (1863)The utilitarian doctrine is‚ that happiness is desirable‚ and the only thing desirable‚ as an end; all other things being only desirable as means to that end. What ought to be required of this doctrine‚ what conditions is it requisite that the doctrine should fulfill‚ to make good its claim to be believed? The only proof capable of being given that an object is visible is that people actually see it.
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Summary Having already examined whether people should be allowed to hold and express unpopular beliefs‚ Mill looks at the question of whether people should be allowed to act on their opinions without facing legal punishment or social stigma. Mill observes that actions should not be as free as opinions‚ and reasserts that both must be limited when they would cause harm to others and be "a nuisance to other people." However‚ many of the reasons for respecting different opinions also apply to respecting
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J.S. Mill He was the most influential thinker of 19th century. The importance of his political theory is that liberalism made a transition from laissez faire to state centered‚ from negative to positive concept of liberty and from an atomic to more social conception of individual. Mill’s criticism of Bentham’s utilitarianism was one of the most important contributions to political thought. Published the History of India in 1818 His essays “On Liberty” (1859) and “The Subjection of Women” (1861) were
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1. John Stuart Mill: Freedom Freedom is generally defined‚ by a dictionary‚ as the condition or right of being able or allowed to do‚ say‚ think‚ etc. whatever you want to‚ without being controlled or limited (Cambridge). This means there is no interference or influence in ones’ actions or opinions by anyone else. There is no domination or dictatorial government who affects these actions or opinions. John Stuart Mill‚ an English philosopher and economist‚ gives a similar view on freedom as the
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John Stuart Mill published Utilitarianism in 1861 in installments in Fraser’s Magezine it was later brought out in book form in 1863. The book offers a candidate for a first principle of morality‚ a principle that provides us with a criterion distinquishing right and wrong. The unilitarian candidate is the principle of utility‚ which holds that "actions are right in proportion as they tend to promote happiness; wrong as they tend to produce the reverse of happpiness. By happiness is intended pleasure
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Is He or Isn’t He? Locating John Stuart Mill in Ninetee nth Centur y Philosophy By Ellen Melville This paper was written for History 416: Nineteenth Century German and European Intellectual History‚ taught by Professor Scott Spector in Fall 2008. John Stuart Mill‚ son of the noted British philosopher James Mill‚ is routinely grouped with Jeremy Bentham as one of the great Utilitarian thinkers of the nineteenth century. He was devoted to preserving and expanding liberty‚ along with promoting a
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Louis XIV of France vs. the Stuart Kings of England: Why did the Stuart kings fail‚ and Louis XIV succeed? William Jefferson Clinton was one of the greatest presidents to govern the United States as opposed to the Bush’s. Clinton proved to the world our preeminence by way of control‚ economic growth‚ and policies ranging from Israel to social security. The Bush’s proved to the world that they won the election. Louis XIV and the Stuart Kings also compare in similar ways. Louis XIV was a sound leader
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