Principles of Political Economy: With Some of Their Applications to Social PhilosophyHackett Publishing, 15 бер. 2004 р. - 352 стор. Stephen Nathanson's clear-sighted abridgment of Principles of Political Economy, Mill's first major work in moral and political philosophy, provides a challenging, sometimes surprising account of Mill's views on many important topics: socialism, population, the status of women, the cultural bases of economic productivity, the causes and possible cures of poverty, the nature of property rights, taxation, and the legitimate functions of government. Nathanson cuts through the dated and less relevant sections of this large work and includes significant material omitted in other editions, making it possible to see the connections between the views Mill expressed in Principles of Political Economy and the ideas he defended in his later works, particularly On Liberty. Indeed, studying Principles of Political Economy, Nathanson argues in his general Introduction, can help to resolve the apparent contradiction between Mill's views in On Liberty and those in Utilitarianism, making it a key text for understanding Mill’s philosophy as a whole. |
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... never entirely rejected either the utilitarian theory or the political reform program of Bentham and James Mill. He did revise their view that pleasure is the only good so as to make room for a distinction between higher and lower ...
... never to be interfered with except when one person is going to harm another, then the utilitarian goal of maximizing well-being must give way before the demand to respect individual action. To take a specific, contemporary example: the ...
... never be controlled by the interference of the legislature.16 Unlike those advocates of laissez-faire who appealed to natural rights. 16 Ricardo, The Principles of Political Economy and Taxation (London: J. M. Dent, 1929), 61. 17 The ...
... never keep up with increases in population, so that universal prosperity was an impossible dream. Indeed, the lesson of political economy seemed to be that the kind of general improvement in human welfare that utilitarians sought could ...
... never be limited or altered.23 These proposals reflect both Mill's exposure to Claude-Henri de St. 23 Lionel Robbins argues that this utilitarian, nonabsolutist view of property rights goes back to Hume and was held by many of the ...