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Philosophy Individual Philosophers

The Liberal Self

John Stuart Mill's Moral and Political Theory

by (author) Wendy Donner

Publisher
Cornell University Press
Initial publish date
Dec 1991
Category
Individual Philosophers, Ethics & Moral Philosophy, Political
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9780801499876
    Publish Date
    Dec 1991
    List Price
    $64.95
  • Hardback

    ISBN
    9780801426292
    Publish Date
    Jan 1992
    List Price
    $76.95

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Description

Wendy Donner contends here that recent commentators on John Stuart Mill's thought have focused on his notions of right and obligation and have not paid as much attention to his notion of the good. Mill, she maintains, rejects the quantitative hedonism of Bentham's philosophy in favor of an expanded qualitative version. In this book she provides an account of his complex views of the good and the ways in which these views unify his moral and political thought.

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Contributor Notes

Wendy Donner is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Carleton University, Ottawa.