J.S. Mill (Routledge Revivals)

Alan Ryan

Preface; Introduction; Difficulties of the history of ideas James Mill; 1 The Autobiography 1806-1826; An educative autobiography The Early Draft Utilitarianism and education James Mill’s syllabus Mill and Dickens Youthful Benthamism; 2 The Autobiography 1826-1840; ‘Mental Crisis’ Its impace on Mill’s ideas Doubts about utilitarianism ‘The Spirit of the Age’ Disillusionment with radicalism Harriet Taylor Mill’s literary criticism ‘Bentham’ and ‘Coleridge’; 3 A System of Logic; Intuitionists and conservatives Analysis of meaning Mathematical truth The syllogism Causation Induction and its canons Free-will and social science False starts Sociology; 4 Utilitarianism; Its notoriety Mill’s audience Theological ethics Intuitionist ethics A logic of the imperative mood The Art of Life Utilitarianism The need for first principles Clarifications of the doctrine Motives and intentions Sanctions The 'proof’ of the principle of utility Utility and Justice; 5 Liberty and The Subjugation of Women; Harriet’s legacy Elitism of Liberty Truth or truths Freedom and happiness Liberty and its aims Free inquiry and science Religious freedom Individuality in mass society Duty and virtue Paternalism Saints and heroes Mill’s successors Extending interferences Women’s liberation; 6 The Principles of Political Economy; The interest of Mill’s economics Methodological views Distribution and property Wages, unionism and population The role of government Education Poor relief, colonies and public utilities The stationary state Mill’s critique of socialism; 7 Representative Government; Mill’s changing attitude to democracy The East India Company and bureaucracy Progress and political institutions The defence of democratic politics Mill’s neglect of party politics The role of expertise Minorities and their representation Plural voting The ballot Nationalism Mill and ‘democratic revisionism; 8 Hamilton, Comte and Religion; Background of Mill’s later work Matter Mind ‘To hell I will go’ Comte’s philosophy of science Comte’s illiberalism The religion of humanity ‘The Utility of Religion’ ‘Nature’ ‘Theism’; Notes; Bibliography; Index