About John Stuart Mill
English philosopher and political economist (1806–1873), the preeminent liberal theorist of the 19th century. Mill's work ranges from logic and economics to ethics and political philosophy. He extended Benthamite utilitarianism toward a more qualitative account of human development, and co-authored The Subjection of Women with Harriet Taylor Mill — one of the earliest feminist arguments for equality in the canon.
Books by John Stuart Mill
On Liberty
One of the cleanest defenses of individual liberty, free expression, and limits on social or state coercion.
Read about this book →Principles of Political Economy
The great nineteenth-century synthesis of classical economics — and the text where liberalism begins to make its peace with social reform. Mill's pivotal move is to separate the laws of production (which he treats as fi…
Read about this book →Utilitarianism
The classic statement and refinement of the most influential modern theory of ethics and public policy: that actions are right insofar as they promote happiness and wrong as they produce its reverse. Mill defends utilit…
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