On Liberty and Utilitarianism

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作者: (约翰·斯图尔特·米尔)
出版社: Random House
1993-01
版次: 1
ISBN: 9780553214147
定价: 27.70
装帧: 平装
开本: 其他
纸张: 其他
页数: 272页
正文语种: 英语
丛书: Bantam Classics
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  • Togetherthesetwoessaysmarkthephilosophiccornerstoneofdemocraticmoralityandrepresentathought-provokingsearchforthetruebalancebetweentherightsoftheindividualandthepowerofthestate.ThoroughlyschooledintheprinciplesoftheutilitarianmovementfoundedbyJeremyBentham,JohnStuartMillneverthelessbringshisownuniqueintellectualenergytoissuessuchasindividualfreedom,equality,authority,happiness,justice,andvirtue.

    OnLibertyisMill'sfamousexaminationofthenatureofindividualityanditscrucialroleinanysocialsystemthatexpectstoremaincreativeandvital.Utilitarianismbrilliantlyexpoundsapragmaticethicbasedononecontroversialproposition:actionsarerightonlyiftheypromotethecommongoodandwrongiftheydonot.WhilemuchofMill'sthinkingwaseventuallyadoptedbysocialists,itisintoday'sdemocraticsocieties—withtheirtroublingissuesofcrime,freedomofspeech,andtheboundariesofpersonalliberty—thathisworkresoundsmostpowerfully. JohnStuartMillwasachildofradicalism,bornin1806intoararefiedrealmofphilosophicdiscourse.Hisfather,whowithJeremyBenthamwasafoundingmemberoftheutilitarianmovement,wasresponsibleforhisson'seducationandsawtoitthathewastrainedintheclassicsatanextraordinarilyearlyage.In1823MillgaveupacareerinlawtobecomeaclerkattheEastIndiaCompany,wherehisfatherworked.Likehisfather,herosetothepositionofchiefexaminer,whichhehelduntilheretiredfromthecompanyin1858.

    Whilestillinhisteens,MillbeganpublishingarticlesandessaysinvariouspublicationsandbecameaneditoroftheLondonandWestminsterReview,in1835.In1843hepublishedSystemofLogic,followedbyPrinciplesofPoliticalEconomyin1848.OtherimportantworksincludeOnLiberty(1859),Utilitarianism(1863),TheSubjectionofWomen(written1861,published1869),andAutobiography(publishedposthumouslyin1873).

    MillmarriedHarrietHardyTaylorin1851,andherinfluenceonhisthinkingandwritinghasbeenwidelycited.ThecoupleworkedtogetheronOnLiberty,andtheessayisdedicatedtohermemory–shediedin1858.AfterservingasamemberofParliamentfrom1865,to1868,MillretiredtoFranceanddiedatAvignonin1873.

    IttookscholarsseveraldecadesbeforetheyfullyexaminedJohnStuartMill'suniqueandsystematiccontributionstoethicalandlogicaltraditions.Fortoday'sstudentsofeconomics,philosophy,andpoliticsheremainsavibrantandpreeminentfigure.
  • 内容简介:
    Togetherthesetwoessaysmarkthephilosophiccornerstoneofdemocraticmoralityandrepresentathought-provokingsearchforthetruebalancebetweentherightsoftheindividualandthepowerofthestate.ThoroughlyschooledintheprinciplesoftheutilitarianmovementfoundedbyJeremyBentham,JohnStuartMillneverthelessbringshisownuniqueintellectualenergytoissuessuchasindividualfreedom,equality,authority,happiness,justice,andvirtue.

    OnLibertyisMill'sfamousexaminationofthenatureofindividualityanditscrucialroleinanysocialsystemthatexpectstoremaincreativeandvital.Utilitarianismbrilliantlyexpoundsapragmaticethicbasedononecontroversialproposition:actionsarerightonlyiftheypromotethecommongoodandwrongiftheydonot.WhilemuchofMill'sthinkingwaseventuallyadoptedbysocialists,itisintoday'sdemocraticsocieties—withtheirtroublingissuesofcrime,freedomofspeech,andtheboundariesofpersonalliberty—thathisworkresoundsmostpowerfully.
  • 作者简介:
    JohnStuartMillwasachildofradicalism,bornin1806intoararefiedrealmofphilosophicdiscourse.Hisfather,whowithJeremyBenthamwasafoundingmemberoftheutilitarianmovement,wasresponsibleforhisson'seducationandsawtoitthathewastrainedintheclassicsatanextraordinarilyearlyage.In1823MillgaveupacareerinlawtobecomeaclerkattheEastIndiaCompany,wherehisfatherworked.Likehisfather,herosetothepositionofchiefexaminer,whichhehelduntilheretiredfromthecompanyin1858.

    Whilestillinhisteens,MillbeganpublishingarticlesandessaysinvariouspublicationsandbecameaneditoroftheLondonandWestminsterReview,in1835.In1843hepublishedSystemofLogic,followedbyPrinciplesofPoliticalEconomyin1848.OtherimportantworksincludeOnLiberty(1859),Utilitarianism(1863),TheSubjectionofWomen(written1861,published1869),andAutobiography(publishedposthumouslyin1873).

    MillmarriedHarrietHardyTaylorin1851,andherinfluenceonhisthinkingandwritinghasbeenwidelycited.ThecoupleworkedtogetheronOnLiberty,andtheessayisdedicatedtohermemory–shediedin1858.AfterservingasamemberofParliamentfrom1865,to1868,MillretiredtoFranceanddiedatAvignonin1873.

    IttookscholarsseveraldecadesbeforetheyfullyexaminedJohnStuartMill'suniqueandsystematiccontributionstoethicalandlogicaltraditions.Fortoday'sstudentsofeconomics,philosophy,andpoliticsheremainsavibrantandpreeminentfigure.
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