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Author Donner, Wendy, 1948-

Title The Liberal Self : John Stuart Mill's Moral and Political Theory / Wendy Donner
Published Ithaca, N.Y. : Cornell University Press, ©1991

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Description 1 online resource (x, 229 pages)
Contents Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Mill and Bentham: The Nature of Pleasurable Experience -- 2. Qualitative Hedonism -- 3. Models of Utility -- 4. The Sensory Evaluation of Wines -- 5. The Doctrine of Development -- 6. From Development to Self-Development -- 7. Liberalism and Individualism -- 8. Liberty of Self-Development -- 9. Liberty and Harm to Others -- 10. Applications of the Theory -- Bibliography -- Index
Summary 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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 218-225) and index
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Subject Mill, John Stuart, 1806-1873.
SUBJECT Mill, John Stuart, 1806-1873
Mill, John Stuart, 1806-1873. fast (OCoLC)fst00030255
Subject Political science -- Philosophy -- History -- 19th century
Ethics, Modern -- 19th century.
Ethics, Modern.
Ethics, Modern.
Political science -- Philosophy.
Genre/Form History.
Form Electronic book
LC no. 91055065
ISBN 9781501723797
1501723790