Why Read Mill Today? Skorupski John University of St. Andrews UKPaperback / softback
Why Read Mill Today? Skorupski John University of St. Andrews UKPaperback / softback John Stuart Mill is one of the greatest thinkers of the nineteenth century. His deep concern for freedom of the…
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Why Read Mill Today? Skorupski John University of St. Andrews UKPaperback / softback
John Stuart Mill is one of the greatest thinkers of the nineteenth century. His deep concern for freedom of the individual is thought by some to be outdated and inadequate to the cultural and religious complexities of twenty first century life. But does he have anything to teach us today?
He reflects on Mill's central arguments in his most famous works, including "Utilitarianism" and "On Liberty", and traces their implications for democratic politics. In this succinct and shrewd book, John Skorupski argues that Mill is a profound and inspiring social and political thinker from whom we still have much to learn. With the use of topical and controversial examples, including privacy, religious intolerance, and freedom of speech, he makes Mill's concerns our own at a time when what liberalism means, and why it matters, is once again in dispute.
He concludes that Mill's place in the