On Liberty and Utilitarianism

Together these two essays mark the philosophic cornerstone of democratic morality and represent a thought-provoking search for the true balance between the rights of the individual and the power of the state. Thoroughly schooled in the principles of the utilitarian movement founded by Jeremy Bentham, John Stuart Mill nevertheless brings his own unique intellectual energy to issues such as individual freedom, equality, authority, happiness, justice, and virtue. On Libertyis Mill's famous examination of the nature of individuality and its crucial role in any social system that expects to remain creative and vital.Utilitarianismbrilliantly expounds a pragmatic ethic based on one controversial proposition: actions are right only if they promote the common good and wrong if they do not. While much of Mill's thinking was eventually adopted by socialists, it is in today's democratic societieswith their troubling issues of crime, freedom of speech, and the boundaries of personal libertythat his work resounds most powerfully.

Sir Isaiah Berlin, formerly Warden of Wolfson College, Oxford, is author of a biography of Karl Marx and distinguished volumes of essays on philosophy and politics, the most recent of which is The Crooked Timber of Humanity. From the Hardcover edition.

Introduction
Notes
Select Bibliography
Chronology
On Liberty
Introductory	p. 5
Of the Liberty of Thought and Discussion	p. 17
Of Individuality, as one of the Elements of Well-being	p. 54
Of the Limits to the Authority of Society over the Individual	p. 72
Applications	p. 89
Utilitarianism
General Remarks	p. 113
What Utilitarianism is	p. 117
Of the Ultimate Sanction of the Principle of Utility	p. 136
Of what sort of Proof the Principle of Utility is Susceptible	p. 144
Of the Connection between Justice and Utility	p. 150
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