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Klappentext R. J. White's edition, which was originally published in 1967, made Fitzjames Stephen's classic available for the first time since 1914. The editor made use of the 1874 second edition which included Stephen's notes in reply to his original critics. Stephen's work is written as a systematic denunciation of John Stuart Mill's political thought. It is thus of great importance in the history of Utilitarianism, and also as the most forthright and systematic of the Victorian attacks on democracy. Stephen's work is also important for its repudiation of the progressive attitudes to religion and morality characteristic of the Comptist philosophy which had attracted Mill. Stephen's aim was to show that 'no room is left for the order of ideas hinted at by the phrase 'Liberty, Equality, Fraternity''. He argues his case with legal precision and considerable rhetorical powers. Zusammenfassung R. J. White's 1967 edition made Fitzjames Stephen's classic available for the first time since 1914. Stephen's work is written as a systematic denunciation of John Stuart Mill's political thought. It is thus of great importance in the history of Utilitarianism! and as the most forthright of the Victorian attacks on democracy. Inhaltsverzeichnis Frontispiece: James Fitzjames Stephen; Editor's introduction; Bibliography and bibliographical note; Editor's acknowledgements; Notes on abbreviations and footnotes; Title-page of the second edition; Dedicatory letter; Preface to the second edition; 1. The doctrine of liberty in general; 2. The liberty of thought and discussion; 3. The distinction between the temporal and spiritual power; 4. The doctrine of liberty in its application to morals; 5. Equality; 4. Fraternity; 7. Conclusion; Note on Utilitarianism; General index; Index of subjects and statements.
