The Liberal Self: John Stuart Mill's Moral and Political Philosophy

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Cornell University Press, 1991 - Philosophy - 229 pages

Wendy Donner contends here that recent commentators on John Stuart Mill's thought have focused on his notions of right and obligation and have not paid as much attention to his notion of the good. Mill, she maintains, rejects the quantitative hedonism of Bentham's philosophy in favor of an expanded qualitative version. In this book she provides an account of his complex views of the good and the ways in which these views unify his moral and political thought.

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Contents

The Sensory Evaluation of Wines
5
The Nature of Pleasurable
8
Qualitative Hedonism
37
Models of Utility
66
The Doctrine of Development
92
The Role of the State and Neutralism
125
The Moral Arts and Sciences
131
Liberalism and Individualism
141
Liberty of SelfDevelopment
150
Liberty and Harm to Others
188
Applications of the Theory
198
141
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About the author (1991)

Wendy Donner is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Carleton University, Ottawa.

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