Why Read Mill Today?

Name: Why Read Mill Today?
Brand: Taylor & Francis Ltd
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By: Skorupski John

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Hardcover | 25 April 2006 | Edition Number 1

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122 Pages

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19.8 x 12.9 x 2.1

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John Stuart Mill is one of the greatest thinkers of the nineteenth century. But does he have anything to teach us today? His deep concern for freedom of the individual is thought by some to be outdated and inadequate to the cultural and religious complexities of twenty first century life.

In this succinct and shrewd book, John Skorupski argues that Mill is a profound and inspiring social and political thinker from whom we still have much to learn. He reflects on Mill''s central arguments in his most famous works, including Utilitarianism and On Liberty, and traces their implications for democratic politics. With the use of topical and controversial examples, including privacy, religious intolerance, and freedom of speech, he makes Mill''s concerns our own at a time when what liberalism means, and why it matters, is once again in dispute.

He concludes that Mill''s place in the pantheon of ''great thinkers'' rests not only on his specific political and social doctrines, but above all on his steadfastly generous and liberal vision of human beings, their relations to one another, and what makes life worth living.

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" Why Read Mill Today? "is a philosophical gem. John Skorupski answers the question of his title briefly, clearly, and persuasively. More remarkably still, he answers it in a way that illuminates Mill for the reader who has never read him, and yet should interest scholars who know Mill well.' - "Peter Singer, Princeton University, USA" John Skorupski is one of the leading scholars of Mill and nineteenth century philosophy. "Why Read Mill Today?" is a marvelously concise, accessible, and engaging discussion of the moral and political philosophy of John Stuart Mill, one which both situates Mill's views in their historical context and probes their continuing significance.' - "David Brink, University of California at San Diego, USA" 'John Skorupski brilliantly describes Mill's place in the great sweep of ideas from the nineteenth century until the present day, leaving the reader in no doubt as to Mill's continuing huge significance. This is an engaging, accessible, and exciting book, which anyone seriously interested in ethics, politics, and the history of ideas should read.' - "Roger Crisp, St Anne's College, Oxford, UK"

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