John Stuart Mill's Political Philosophy

In the aftermath of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, the philosophy of John Stuart Mill has never been more relevant. Can we reconcile individual liberty with the demands of the common good? John Fitzpatrick argues that, properly understood, M

Introduction

1

(5)

1 Utilitarianism and Rights

6

(48)

James Rachels on utilitarianism

7

(4)

Pig utilitarianism

11

(2)

Utilitarianism and privacy

13

(1)

Racial and gender justice

14

(2)

Kant on race

16

(1)

Racial blindness

17

(2)

Mill on race

19

(3)

Kant on women

22

(2)

Mill and feminist activism

24

(1)

The historical Mill and the historical Kant

25

(1)

Kant on animals

25

(3)

Kant and the capacity for rationality

28

(5)

Bentham on animals

33

(1)

Bentham on paederasty

34

(3)

Classical utilitarianism and rights

37

(4)

Utilitarianism, egalitarianism, and the right to equal consideration

41

(13)

2 Libertarianism, Classical Economics and Liberty

54

(29)

Libertarianism and classical political economy

55

(3)

Mill and political economy

58

(5)

Freedom and individual self-development

63

(2)

The Harm Principle

65

(2)

The Liberty Principle

67

(1)

Mill's dialectic

68

(1)

Freedom of expression and individuality

69

(3)

The utility of experiments in living

72

(4)

The final formulation of the Liberty Principle

76

(7)

3 Mill's Minimalist Ethics

83

(41)

Edwards' reading of Mill

83

(3)

A point of clarification

86

(1)

Philosophy and fashion

87

(4)

The difficulty with the maximizing reading

91

(1)

The minimalist reading

92

(2)

Mill and moral extremism

94

(5)

Mill's utilitarianism and On Liberty

99

(2)

Utilitarianism and A System of Logic

101

(7)

The Principle of Utility

108

(4)

Utility and character formation

112

(12)

4 The Rawlsian Objection

124

(42)

Rawls' objection(s)

124

(2)

Bentham and rights

126

(4)

Grey and green utilitarianism

130

(4)

Hospers' two Mills

134

(2)

Punishing the innocent

136

(4)

Slavery and individual rights

140

(9)

The virtues of utilitarianism

149

(1)

The reality-based community

150

(2)

Opportunity costs

152

(2)

False dichotomies

154

(3)

Positive and negative liberty

157

(2)

Moral objectivism

159

(7)

Conclusion

166

(3)

Bibliography

169

(13)

Index

182

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