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Mill on liberty : a defence

Gray, John 1948- (Author).

Summary: Mill on Liberty was first published in 1983 and has become a classic of Mill commentary. The second edition reproduces the text of the first in full, and in paperback for the first time. To this, John Gray adds an extensive postscript which defends the interpretation of Mill set out in the first edition, but develops radical criticisms of the substance of Millian and other liberalism. The new edition is intended as a contribution to the current debate about the foundations of liberalism, and it looks closely at the recent seminal contributions to liberal thought by Raz, Feinberg, Rawls and Berlin. Central to its argument is Gray's contention that, like other liberalisms that ground themselves on an ideal of autonomy or individuality, Millian liberalism has a Eurocentric bias that cannot be given rational justification. Gray addresses the question of whether any form of liberal theory, can, in fact, avoid the bias, and concludes that it cannot. This book will be indispensable both to those familiar with On Liberty and to those coming to it for the first time. In addition, the book will also be of great interest to moral and political theorists, to students of law and jurisprudence and to intellectual historians.

Record details

ISBN: 9781280157400
ISBN: 1280157402
ISBN: 9781134802876
ISBN: 1134802870
ISBN: 9780415124744
ISBN: 0415124743
ISBN: 9780203740712
ISBN: 0203740718
ISBN: 9780203432471
ISBN: 0203432479
ISBN: 9780203291238
ISBN: 0203291239
Physical Description: 1 online resource (xii, 175 pages)
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Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: London ; New York : Routledge, 1996.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 159-172) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	1. Mill's problem in "On Liberty" -- 2. Mill's utilitarianism -- 3. The principle of liberty -- 4. Mill's conception of happiness and the theory of individuality -- 5. Applications -- 6. Mill's doctrine of liberty : a reappraisal.
Restrictions on Access Note:	NLC staff and students only.
Language Note:	English.
Source of Description Note:	Print version record.