John Stuart Mill

"It is indisputable that the being whose capacities of enjoyment are low, has the greatest chance of having them fully satisfied; and a highly endowed being will always feel that any happiness which he can look for, as the world is constituted, is imperfect. But he can learn to bear its imperfections, if they are at all bearable; and they will not make him envy the being who is indeed unconscious of the imperfections, but only because he feels not at all the good which those imperfections qualify. It is better to be a human being dissatisfied than a pig satisfied; better to be Socrates dissatisfied than a fool satisfied. And if the fool, or the pig, is of a different opinion, it is only because they only know their own side of the question." --- John Stuart Mill, Utilitarianism John Stuart Mill's book Utilitarianism is one of the most influential and widely-read philosophical defenses of utilitarianism in ethics. The essay first appeared as a series of three articles published in Fraser's Magazine in 1861; the articles were collected and reprinted as a single book in 1863. It went through four editions during Mill's lifetime with minor additions and revisions. Although Mill includes discussions of utilitarian ethical principles in other works such as On Liberty and The Subjection of Women, Utilitarianism contains Mill's only major discussion of the fundamental grounds for utilitarian ethical theory.

En avance sur son temps, Stuart Mill signe une oeuvre essentielle dans laquelle il d fend le droit des femmes. Au-del de l'engagement f ministe, ''l'assuejtissement des femme'' soul ve une r flexion qui reste, pres de 150 ans apr s sa premi re publication, d'une actualit brulante.

The Collected Works of John Stuart Mill took thirty years to complete and is acknowledged as the definitive edition of J. S. Mill and as one of the finest works editions ever completed. Mill's contributions to philosophy, economics, and history, and in the roles of scholar, politician and journalist can hardly be overstated and this edition remains the only reliable version of the full range of Mill's writings. Each volume contains extensive notes, a new introduction and an index. Many of the volumes have been unavailable for some time, but the Works are now again available, both as a complete set and as individual volumes.

Why Getting and Being Happy Are So Awesome and Important John Stuart Mill's book Utilitarianism is a classic exposition and defence of utilitarianism in ethics. The essay first appeared as a series of three articles published in Fraser's Magazine in 1861; the articles were collected and reprinted as a single book in 1863. Mill's aim in the book is to explain what utilitarianism is, to show why it is the best theory of ethics, and to defend it against a wide range of criticisms and misunderstandings. Though heavily criticized both in Mill's lifetime and in the years since, Utilitarianism did a great deal to popularize utilitarian ethics and was "the most influential philosophical articulation of a liberal humanistic morality that was produced in the nineteenth century." Mill's Utilitarianism remains "the most famous defense of the utilitarian view ever written" and is still widely assigned in university ethics courses around the world. Get Your Copy Now.

Autobiography of John Stuart Mill by John Stuart Mill John Stuart Mill (20 May 1806

John Stuart Mill was an English philosopher, political economist and civil servant. One of the most influential thinkers in the history of liberalism, he contributed widely to social theory, political theory and political economy. He has been called "the most influential English-speaking philosopher of the nineteenth century." Mill's conception of liberty justified the freedom of the individual in opposition to unlimited state control. 8]Mill expresses his view on freedom by illustrating how an individual's drive to better their station, and for self-improvement, is the sole source of true freedom. Only when an individual is able to attain such improvements, without impeding others in their own efforts to do the same, can true freedom prevail. Mill's linking of freedom and self-improvement has inspired many. By establishing that individual efforts to excel have worth, Mill was able to show how they should achieve self-improvement without harming others, or society at large.

" Il n'y a pas de commen ant qui le nom de Berkeley ne soit tr s-familier et qui ne croie tr s-bien conna tre ses doctrines. Toutefois quand on les conna t, ce n'est point d'apr s leur auteur, mais d'apr s ce que d'autres en ont dit; aussi la majorit de ceux qui croient les conna tre, n'en ont-ils qu'une id e informe, et se font-ils de leurs principaux traits des opinions erron es. Nul, parmi les penseurs qui ont crit sur la philosophie, n'a surpass Berkeley dans l'art d'exprimer clairement ce qu'il voulait dire, et d'en distinguer tout ce qui n' tait pas son opinion; et pourtant il n'y a pas de penseur qu'on ait mis plus de pers v rance ne pas comprendre, ou qui ait t victime d'une ignoratio elenchi plus obstin e; ses nombreux adversaires se sont consacr s la t che de d montrer ce qu'il n'avait jamais ni , et de nier ce qu'il n'avait jamais affirm . Si les personnes qui s'int ressent la philosophie ou son histoire, attir s par les facilit s que nous devons aux travaux du professeur Fraser, se mettent tudier les oeuvres de Berkeley telles qu'elles sont sorties de son esprit, nous croyons qu'on le reconna tra pour un des plus grands g nies philosophiques parmi tous les penseurs qui d s les temps les plus recul s ont appliqu leurs facult s la m taphysique; et pourtant au nombre de ces grands g nies nous comptons Platon, Hobbes, Locke, Hartley, Hume, Descartes, Spinoza, Leibnitz et Kant..."

La Esclavitud Femenina es uno de los primeros tratados de la historia del pensamiento que aborda la igualdad entre los sexos desde m ltiples perspectivas, escrito por uno de los pensadores que contribuy a establecer las bases ideol gicas de las actuales democracias occidentales. El libro es un ensayo pol tico y social que versa sobre los derechos de la mujer en la sociedad en la que viv a. La idea general del libro es razonar el porque las mujeres deben disponer de los mismos derechos que el hombre. John Stuart Mill (Londres, 20 de mayo de 1806-Avi n, Francia, 8 de mayo de 1873) fue un fil sofo, pol tico y economista ingl s de origen escoc s, representante de la escuela econ mica cl sica y te rico del utilitarismo.

Thoughts On Parliamentary Reform is a classic poitical science essay by John Stuart Mill. NEARLY the whole of this pamphlet, including the argument on the Ballot, was written five years ago, in anticipation of the Reform Bill of Lord Aberdeen's Government. The causes which at that period kept back the question itself, prevented the publication of these remarks upon it. Subsequent reflection has only strengthened the opinions then expressed. They are now published, because it is at the present time, if ever, that their publication can have any chance of being useful.

On Liberty is a philosophical work by English philosopher John Stuart Mill, originally intended as a short essay. The work, published in 1859, applies Mill's ethical system of utilitarianism to society and the state. Mill attempts to establish standards for the relationship between authority and liberty. He emphasizes the importance of individuality which he conceived as a prerequisite to the higher pleasures-the summum bonum of Utilitarianism. Furthermore, Mill criticised the errors of past attempts to defend individuality where, for example, democratic ideals resulted in the "tyranny of the majority". Among the standards established in this work are Mill's three basic liberties of individuals, his three legitimate objections to government intervention, and his two maxims regarding the relationship of the individual to society "which together form the entire doctrine of Mill's] Essay." On Liberty was a greatly influential and well received work, although it did not go without criticism. Some attacked it for its apparent discontinuity with Utilitarianism, while others criticised its vagueness. The ideas presented in On Liberty have remained the basis of much liberal political thought. It has remained in print continuously since its initial publication. To this day, a copy of On Liberty is passed to the president of the British Liberal Democrats as a symbol of office. A copy of the same book is also presented to and then held by the president of the Liberal Party as a symbol of office. Mill's marriage to his wife Harriet Taylor Mill greatly influenced the concepts in On Liberty, which was largely finished prior to her death, and published shortly after she died.

De ces Principes dont Schumpeter a dit qu'ils etaient le traite le plus lu de la periode , ce volume propose les passages les plus actuellement significatifs extraits des deux derniers des cinq Livres qui les composent. Quatre points y meritent de retenir l'attention: - l'adhesion claire aux principes classiquement liberaux de l'economie politique y est corrigee par l'introduction de notables exceptions au respect de la regle generale du laissez-faire (Livre V): Mill s'eloigne d'Adam Smith et Ricardo pour poser les bases d'un liberalisme moderement regulateur; - le choix de la 2e edition est motive par l'irruption remarquee du souci pour les classes laborieuses (ch. 7 du Livre IV): preconisation d'une distribution primaire plus equitable des richesses des leur production, d'une emancipation par l'education; - la reflexion iconoclaste sur la desirabilite d'un etat stationnaire (mais non statique) de la societe (ch. 6 du Livre IV), surprenante anticipation des problematiques d'une ecologie raisonnee et critique d'une croissance demographique sans fin; - la formulation precoce (Livres IV et V) des principes anticonformistes et anti-paternalistes ainsi que d'une defense resolue de la liberte individuelle contre l'etatisme qui donneront lieu dix ans plus tard a la publication d'On Liberty.

Le grand principe, le principe dominant auquel aboutissent tous les arguments expos s dans ces pages, est l'importance essentielle et absolue du d veloppement humain dans sa plus riche diversit . (Wilhelm von Humboldt: De la sph re et des devoirs du gouvernement.) Je d die ce volume la m moire ch rie et pleur e de celle qui fut l'inspiratrice, et en partie l'auteur, de ce qu'il y a de mieux dans mes ouvrages: la m moire de l'amie et de l' pouse, dont le sens exalt du vrai et du juste fut mon plus vif encouragement, et dont l'approbation fut ma principale r compense. Comme tout ce que j'ai crit depuis bien des ann es, c'est autant son oeuvre que la mienne; mais le livre, tel qu'il est, n'a eu qu' un degr tr s-insuffisant l'inestimable avantage d' tre revu par elle, quelques-unes des parties les plus importantes ayant t r serv es pour un second et plus soigneux examen, qu'elles sont destin es maintenant ne jamais recevoir. Si j' tais capable d'interpr ter la moiti seulement des grandes pens es, des nobles sentiments qui sont ensevelis avec elle, le monde en recueillerait plus de fruit que de tout ce que je puis crire, sans l'inspiration et l'assistance de sa sagesse presque sans rivale.