On Liberty

Informationen zum Autor John Stuart Mill Klappentext John Stuart Mill was born in London in 1806. He became a leading philosophical radical, active as a propagandist in their intellectual and reforming pursuits. In 1826, he began to rethink his stance and examine alternative positions offered by Coleridge and Carlyle. His major works include ON LIBERTY, UTILITARIANISM and THE SUBJUGATION OF WOMEN Zusammenfassung Explores the risks and responsibilities of liberty. Examining the tyranny that can come both from government and from the herd-like opinion of the majority, this title proposes a freedom to think, unite, and pursue our pleasures as the most important freedoms, as long as we cause no harm to others.

Product details

• Authors: John St. Mill, John Stuart Mill
• Publisher: Penguin Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 26.08.2010
• EAN: 9780141046945
• ISBN: 978-0-14-104694-5
• No. of pages: 192
• Dimensions: 111 mm x 181 mm x 11 mm
• Series: Penguin Great Ideas; Penguin Books, Great Ideas; Great Ideas; Penguin Press Great Ideas; Penguin Classics; Penguin Great Ideas; Penguin Press Great Ideas; Penguin Books, Great Ideas
• Subjects: Education and learning; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Miscellaneous; Human Rights, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Human Rights, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / General, PHILOSOPHY / Movements / Utilitarianism, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Civil Rights, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, Social & political philosophy, Ethics & moral philosophy, social and political philosophy, Ethics and moral philosophy, Political science and theory, Philosophical traditions and schools of thought, Human rights, civil rights