Get Free Shipping on orders over $89
On Liberty - John Stuart Mill

On Liberty

By: John Stuart Mill

Paperback | 29 June 2007

At a Glance

Paperback


$21.11

or 4 interest-free payments of $5.28 with

Ships in 5 to 7 business days

A product of the deliberate effort of his father to create a particular genius that would continue to advance the ethical philosophy of utilitarianism; philosopher, political economist, and Member of Parliament, John Stuart Mill was one of the most influential thinkers of the 19th century. In "On Liberty," John Stuart Mill begins by writing, "The subject of this essay is not the so-called 'liberty of the will', so unfortunately opposed to the misnamed doctrine of philosophical necessity; but civil, or social liberty: the nature and limits of the power which can be legitimately exercised by society over the individual." It is this concept that is at the heart of this work. John Stuart Mill eloquently ponders the question of where the line should be drawn between the freedom of individuals and the authority of the state. As he puts it, "The struggle between liberty and authority is the most conspicuous feature in the portions of history with which we are earliest familiar..." This edition is printed on premium acid-free paper.


More in Social & Political Philosophy

The Beginning Comes After the End : Notes on a World of Change - Rebecca Solnit
On the Shortness of Life : The Stoic Classic - Lucius Annaeus Seneca

RRP $24.95

$21.75

13%
OFF
First Knowledges Politics : Philosophical Ordering by Country - Morgan James Brigg
12 Rules for Life : Antidote to Chaos - Jordan B. Peterson

RRP $26.99

$21.99

19%
OFF
Collins Classics - The Republic : Collins Classics - Plato
The New Dark Age : Why Liberals Must Win the Culture Wars - Nigel Biggar
Discipline and Punish : The Birth of the Prison - Michel Foucault

RRP $29.99

$22.75

24%
OFF
The Prince : Prohyptikon Value Classics - Niccolo Machiavelli
Capitalist Realism : Is there no alternative? - Mark Fisher
Feminist and LGBTQ Mobilizing in Contemporary Social Movements - Cristina Flesher Fominaya
The Prince : Penguin Pocket Hardbacks - Niccolo Machiavelli

RRP $19.99

$12.99

35%
OFF
Liberal Fascisms : Zizek's Essays - Slavoj Zizek