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Cover
Title Page
Notes on Contributors
Preface
1. Reference
Note on Citations
Part I: Mill's Autobiography and Biography
1. 1 Mill’s Mind
  1. References
2. 2 Mill’s Epiphanies
  1. 1. First Epiphany
  2. 2. Second Epiphany
  3. 3. Bentham’s Two Faces
  4. 4. From Revolution to Reform
  5. References
3. 3 The Afterlife of John Stuart Mill, 1874–1879
  1. 1. Immortalizing Mill
  2. 2. Religious Controversy
  3. 3. The Character Question
  4. 4. Politics
  5. 5. Helen Taylor and the Chapters on Socialism
  6. 6. Conclusion
  7. References
  8. Further Reading
4. 4 Mill’s Autobiography as Literature
  1. 1. An Artifact
  2. 2. In a Genre
  3. 3. Necessary Form
  4. 4. Summary
  5. References
Part II: Influences on Mill's Thought
1. 5 Mill and the Classics
  1. 1. Plato’s Moral Quandary
  2. 2. Reforming Plato’s Dialectic
  3. 3. Regenerating Human Agency
  4. 4. Athens and Sparta
  5. 5. Spartan Moral Education
  6. 6. The Athenian Will
  7. References
2. 6 Roots of Mill’s Radicalism
  1. 1. Radical Practice
  2. 2. Philosophic Radicalism
  3. 3. Bentham and Radical Democracy
  4. 4. Bentham’s Philosophic Radicalism
  5. 5. Mill’s Revision of Radicalism
  6. 6. Conclusion
  7. References
3. 7 British Critics of Utilitarianism
  1. 1. Becoming Acquainted: Mill, Coleridge, Maurice and Sterling
  2. 2. Maurice and Sterling: Assailants of Benthamism
  3. 3. Coleridge’s Clerisy
  4. 4. Carlylean Corpuscles
  5. 5. Macaulay’s Assault
  6. References
4. 8 Harriet Taylor Mill
  1. 1. Early Life, First Meeting, and Friendship
  2. 2. Paris and the Great Utilitarian Compromise
  3. 3. Withdrawal from Society and Socialism
  4. 4. Marriage, Death, and Religion
  5. References
  6. Further Reading
5. 9 The French Influence
  1. 1. Emancipation and Revolutions: Mill’s Early Discovery of France and its History
  2. 2. Administering Society: The Saint Simonians
  3. 3. “Positive Philosophy” or “Positive Politics”? Auguste Comte
  4. 4. The Uncertain Prospects of Democracy: Alexis de Tocqueville
  5. 5. The History of Liberty: François Guizot
  6. 6. The Claims of Justice: 1848, Socialism, and Communism
  7. References
Part III: Foundations of Mill's Thought
1. 10 Psychology, Associationism, and Ethology
  1. 1. Some Background
  2. 2. James Mill’s Hard‐Determinist Ethology
  3. 3. J.S. Mill’s Logic
  4. 4. Mill’s Autobiography
  5. References
2. 11 Mill on Race and Gender
  1. 1. Gender
  2. 2. Race
  3. 3. Conclusion
  4. References
  5. Further Reading
3. 12 Mill on Logic
  1. 1. The Nature of Logic
  2. 2. Deduction
  3. 3. Empiricism in Logic
  4. 4. Deduction Revisited
  5. 5. Induction
  6. 6. Conclusion
  7. References
4. 13 Mill’s Epistemology
  1. 1. Mill’s Foundationalism
  2. 2. Justifying Inductive Reasoning
  3. 3. The Problem of Perception
  4. 4. Mill on our Knowledge of “Necessary” Truths
  5. 5. Mill on the “Reduction” of Deductive Reasoning to Inductive Reasoning
  6. 6. Mill’s Methods
  7. 7. Mill and Moral Epistemology
  8. References
5. 14 Mill’s Philosophy of Language
  1. 1. Propositions and Their Constituents
  2. 2. Connotation and Denotation
  3. 3. The Import of Propositions
  4. 4. Verbal and Real Propositions
  5. 5. Mill and Contemporary Philosophy of Language
  6. References
6. 15 Mill on Metaphysics
  1. 1. Introduction
  2. 2. What is Metaphysics?
  3. 3. Categorizing Mill
  4. 4. J.S. Mill as Copernican
  5. 5. World
  6. 6. Mind
  7. 7. Free Will
  8. References
7. 16 Mill’s Philosophy of Science
  1. 1. Introduction
  2. 2. The Aims of the Sciences
  3. 3. The Structure and Methods of the Sciences
  4. 4. Whewell’s Critique of Mill and its Implications for Philosophy of Science
  5. References
  6. Further Reading
8. 17 Mill’s Aesthetics
  1. 1. Introduction
  2. 2. What is Poetry?
  3. 3. Mill’s Re‐discovery of Poetry
  4. 4. The Artist and the Scientist
  5. 5. Mill, Poetry, and Bentham’s Omissions
  6. 6. Conclusion
  7. References
9. 18 Mill on History
  1. 1. Directionalism and Historicism
  2. 2. Mill on Directionalism and Historicism
  3. 3. Combining Directionalism and Historicism
  4. References
10. 19 Mill’s Philosophy of Religion
  1. 1. Mill’s Position and Historical Climate
  2. 2. Religious Morality
  3. 3. A Religion of Humanity
  4. 4. God, Afterlife, and Miracles
  5. 5. Rational Belief and Imaginative Hope
  6. 6. Assessment of Mill’s Philosophy of Religion
  7. References
  8. Further Reading
Part IV: Mill's Moral Philosophy
1. 20 Mill’s Art of Life
  1. 1. Arts and Sciences Distinguished: Metaethical Mill?
  2. 2. The Content of the Art of Life
  3. 3. The Art of Life and Mill’s Moral Philosophy: Mill’s Utilitarianism and Utilitarianism
  4. 4. Rules in The Art of Life: Mill Wasn’t a Rule Utilitarian
  5. References
2. 21 Mill’s Conception of Happiness
  1. 1. Happiness and Pleasure
  2. 2. Mill’s “Proof”
  3. 3. Qualitative Hedonism
  4. 4. Hedonism Reconsidered
  5. References
  6. Further Readings
3. 22 The Proof
  1. 1. Context and Importance of the Proof
  2. 2. Reconstruction of the Proof
  3. 3. Critical Analysis of the Proof
  4. References
  5. Further Reading
4. 23 Mill on Utilitarian Sanctions
  1. 1. Why a Utilitarian Conscience?
  2. 2. Developing a Utilitarian Conscience
  3. 3. The Natural and Normal Utilitarian Conscience
  4. 4. The Link with Punishment
  5. 5. Utility in the Largest Sense
  6. References
5. 24 Mill’s Moral Standard
  1. 1. Introduction
  2. 2. Intention, Aggregation, and Other Issues: A Brief Overview
  3. 3. Act Utilitarianism
  4. 4. Rule Utilitarianism
  5. 5. Sanction Utilitarianism
  6. 6. Conclusion
  7. References
6. 25 Mill on Justice and Rights
  1. 1. Liberal Rights
  2. 2. Liberal Rights and Progressive Happiness
  3. 3. Justice, Rights, and Equality
  4. 4. Sexual Equality, Rights, and Justice
  5. 5. Justice, Rights, and Duty
  6. 6. The Sanction Theory of Rights
  7. 7. Rights as Secondary Principles
  8. 8. Rights as Pre‐Eminent Goods
  9. 9. Conclusion
  10. References
7. 26 Mill and Virtue
  1. 1. Virtue and its Value: Chapter 2 of Utilitarianism
  2. 2. Virtue and Happiness: Chapter 4 of Utilitarianism
  3. 3. Moral and Self‐Regarding Virtues and Vices
  4. 4. Duty, Virtue, and the Art of Life
  5. 5. Individuality, Malleability, Relativity
  6. References
Part V: Mill's Social Philosophy
1. 27 The Harm Principle
  1. 1. The Harm Principle and the Essay On Liberty
  2. 2. What the Principle Does and Does Not Say
  3. 3. The Theory of Liberty as a Whole
  4. 4. The Weighing of Utilities
  5. 5. Toward Moral Foundations
  6. 6. The Art of Morality
  7. 7. The Content of Substantive Moral Requirement
  8. 8. Mill as Avant‐Garde
  9. References
2. 28 Mill on Individuality
  1. 1. Introduction
  2. 2. Millian Individuality: The Fundamentals
  3. 3. Contemporary Applications of Millian Individuality
  4. 4. Mill’s Liberty Principle and Theory of Justice and Rights
  5. References
3. 29 Mill on Freedom of Speech
  1. 1. Freedom of Speech and the Principle of Liberty
  2. 2. Limits of Speech and the Corn Dealer Example
  3. 3. Agency and Self‐Development
  4. References
  5. Further Reading
4. 30 Mill on Democracy Revisited
  1. 1. The Development of Mill’s Views on Democracy Prior to 1861: From “Spiritual Power” to “The Principle of Antagonism”
  2. 2. Mill’s Case for Representative Government in the Considerations
  3. 3. Potential Dangers of Democracy
  4. 4. How to Make the Most of Democracy: Mill’s Constitutional Proposals
  5. 5. Conclusion: Elitist or Democrat?
  6. References
  7. Further Reading
5. 31 Mill on the Family
  1. 1. Mill’s Experiences of Family
  2. 2. Critique of Victorian Marriage Laws
  3. 3. Marriage Between Equals
  4. 4. Parents and Children
  5. 5. The Family as a “School in the Relation of Equality”
  6. References
  7. Further Reading
6. 32 Mill’s Normative Economics
  1. 1. Is Normative Economics an Independent Field for Mill?
  2. 2. The Sharp Positive/Normative Distinction Questioned
  3. 3. Economic Freedom in Mill’s Normative Economics
  4. 4. Mill’s Analysis of Socialism: Drawing the Elements Together
  5. References
7. 33 Mill on Education and Schooling
  1. 1. Mill’s Education and Intellectual Heritage
  2. 2. Direct and Indirect Education
  3. 3. Controversies in Education
  4. 4. Conclusion
  5. References
8. 34 Mill on Colonialism
  1. 1. Introduction
  2. 2. Mill’s Historical Milieu
  3. 3. Reconstructing Mill
  4. 4. Conclusion
  5. References
Part VI: Mill and Later Movements in Philosophy
1. 35 Mill, German Idealism, and the Analytic/Continental Divide
  1. 1. Bentham and Coleridge
  2. 2. Mill and Schiller
  3. 3. Two Schools or Three?
  4. 4. The Analytic/Continental Divide
  5. 5. The Unbearable Elusiveness of Being
  6. References
  7. Further Reading
2. 36 Mill and Modern Utilitarianism
  1. 1. What Kind of Utilitarian Was Mill?
  2. 2. Pleasure and Well‐Being
  3. 3. The Case for Utilitarianism
  4. 4. Toward a More Refined Utilitarianism
  5. 5. Concluding Remarks
  6. References
3. 37 Mill and Modern Liberalism
  1. 1. Introduction
  2. 2. The Arguments of On Liberty
  3. 3. Mill and Public Reason Liberalism
  4. 4. Conclusion
  5. References
Index
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