Making Sense of Mill

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ID9687162
AuthorsDaniel M Weinstock, Daniel Weinstock (0000-0002-3709-0818, Université de Montréal, corresponding author)
Year1996
Volume35
Issue4
Pages791-804
Publication date1996-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueDialogue (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0012-2173 • E-ISSN: 1759-0949
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s0012217300008635
OpenAlexW2083612783
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited10

Wendy Donner's The Liberal Self: John Stuart Mill's Moral and Political Philosophy is an important and thought-provoking addition to the growing body of literature seeking to rescue Mill's practical philosophy from the rather lowly place it occupied in the estimation of many philosophers earlier this century, and to present him as a philosopher whose views form a coherent, systematic whole that can still contribute significantly to numerous moral and political debates. The book proposes an interpretation of the whole of Mill's practical philosophy, and attempts to reveal how aspects of Mill's thought, hitherto considered incompatible, actually mutually support one another. At the same time, Donner sets many of Mill's positions in the context of contemporary moral and political philosophical debates, and finds that on a number of important issues, his thought stands up rather well against more recent work

Archaeology · Context (archaeology) · Environmental ethics · Epistemology · Interpretation (philosophy) · Mill · Moral philosophy · Political philosophy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · History · Law · Philosophical Ethics and Theory · Philosophy · Political Philosophy and Ethics · Political Theory and Influence

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