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Starting with Mill.

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144110044X

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9781441100443

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b557174

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Starting with Mill.

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[Book]

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John R Fitzpatrick

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London

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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2010

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(193 pages).

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Starting with….

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Chronology; Preface; CHAPTER 1: MILL AND THE MODERN WORLD; i. Modern Philosophy; ii. Metaphysics and Epistemology; iii. British Empiricism; iv. Logic and A System of Logic; v. Hume's Fork; vi. Kant's Copernican Revolution; vii. Rejecting a Priori Knowledge; viii. Psychology and Associationism; ix. James Mill and Associationism; CHAPTER 2: MILL'S EDUCATION AND EARLY INFLUENCES; i. James Mill; ii. John Stuart Mill's Education; iii. Mill's Introduction to Bentham; iv. The East India Company; v. Harriet Taylor; vi. The Ancient Greeks; vii. The Dialogues of Plato. Viii. The Logic of Aristotleix. Plato and Utilitarianism; CHAPTER 3: LIBERALISM AND ON LIBERTY; i. Classical Economics and Adam Smith; ii. Smith and the Division of Labor; iii. On Liberty and the Autobiography; iv. The Harm Principle; v. The Liberty Principle; vi. Mill's Dialectic; vii. Freedom of Expression and Individuality; viii. The Utility of Experiments in Living; ix. The Final Formulation of the Liberty Principle; CHAPTER 4: MILL'S MINIMALIST UTILITARIANISM; i. Mill's Minimalist Ethics; ii. Edwards' Reading of Mill; iii. A Point of Clarification; iv. Philosophy and Fashion. V. Urmson's Reexaminationvi. The Dificulty with the Maximizing Reading; vii. The Minimalist Reading; viii. Mill and Moral Extremism; ix. Mill's utilitarianism and On Liberty; x. Utilitarianism and A System of Logic; xi. The Principle of Utility; xii. Utility and Character Formation; xiii. The Choice of Hercules; CHAPTER 5: MILL AND HUMAN RIGHTS; i. Racial and Gender Justice; ii. Kant on Race; iii. Racial Blindness; iv. Mill on Race; v. Kant and Women; vi. Mill and Feminist Activism; vii. The Historical Mill and the Historical Kant; viii. Kant and Animals. Ix. Kant and the Capacity for Rationalityx. Bentham and Animals; xi. Bentham on Paederasty; xii. Classical Utilitarianism and Rights; xiii. Utilitarianism, Egalitarianism, and the Right to Equal Consideration; xiv. Modern Ethics, Utilitarianism, and Kantianism; xv. Two Concepts of Liberty; xvi. Universal Declaration of Human Rights; xvii. The Trolley Problem; xviii. The Two Mills; Notes; Further Reading; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W.

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John Stuart Mill was one of the most important and influential British philosophers. When one considers his overall intellectual contributions, Mill is arguably the most important intellectual figure of the nineteenth century. Covering all the key concepts of his work, Starting with Mill provides an accessible introduction to the ideas of this hugely significant thinker.

Clearly structured according to Mill's key works, the book leads the reader through a thorough overview of the development of his thought, resulting in a more thorough understanding of the roots of his philosoph.

Mill, John Stuart, -- 1806-1873.

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