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Informationen zum Autor Frederick Rosen is Professor Emeritus of the History of Political Thought and Honorary Senior Research Fellow at the Bentham Project, University College London. In 1983 he became General Editor of The Collected Works of Jeremy Bentham and Director of the Bentham Project at University College London, a post he held for several decades. He has published numerous books and articles, including Jeremy Bentham and Representative Democracy: A Study of the Constitutional Code (OUP, 1983), Bentham, Byron, and Greece: Constitutionalism, Nationalism, and Early Liberal Political Thought (OUP, 1992), and Classical Utilitarianism from Hume to Mill (Routledge, 2003). He is the founder of the journal Utilitas, co-editor with J. H. Burns of Jeremy Bentham's Constitutional Code, Volume I (OUP, 1983), and as General Editor and Joint General Editor (with P. Schofield) published fourteen volumes in The Collected Works of Jeremy Bentham (OUP, 1984-2003). Klappentext Frederick Rosen presents an original study of John Stuart Mill's moral and political philosophy. He explores a range of key themes across the breadth of Mill's works, and considers Mill's complex relationships with his contemporary thinkers; the traditional sources on which he drew; and his influence on major thinkers of recent centuries. Zusammenfassung Frederick Rosen presents an original study of John Stuart Mill's moral and political philosophy. He explores a range of key themes across the breadth of Mill's works, and considers Mill's complex relationships with his contemporary thinkers; the traditional sources on which he drew; and his influence on major thinkers of recent centuries. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface 1: Introduction Part I: System of Logic 2: A Socratic Moment: Truth, Liberty, and Democracy 3: The Method of Reform: Mill's Encounter with Bentham and Coleridge 4: Psychology, Character, National Character, and the Science of Politics Part II: The Spell of Comte 5: A Dialogue concerning Philosophy 6: The Mature Mill Part III: Principles of Political Economy 7: The Circle of Liberty 8: The Journey to Socialism: From Liberty and Representative Democracy to Co-operation 9: From Co-operation to Socialism 10: Justice and Private Property in the Principles and 'Chapters on Socialism' 11: Distributive Justice in Utilitarianism 12: God and the Religion of Humanity 13: Conclusion: Liberty and Despotism in The Subjection of Women Bibliography Index ...
