About this title: ON LIBERTY, written in 1859, is Mill's formulation for a liberal, democratic, and egalitarian state. It's influence on contemporary politics can not be understated.
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Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: F. S. Crofts & co, New York
Date Published: 1947
Description: Good. No dust jacket as issued. Underlining inside. viii p., 1 l., : , : , : , : , : , : , : , : , . Crofts classics.. At head of title: Edited by Alburey Castell. Bibliography: p. 118. read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Norton, New York
Date Published: 1975
ISBN-13:9780393092523ISBN:0393092526
Description: Good. Some highlighting, underlining, and marginal notations. 260 p. Includes Text, Sources and Backgrounds, Criticism, Bibliography, Index. read more
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Liberal Arts Press, New York
Date Published: 1956
Description: Fair. No Jacket as Issued. Well used; extensive notes and underlining xxviii, 141 p. 21 cm. The Library of liberal arts, no. 61. Bibliography: p. xxvii-xxviii. read more
Description: Fine. 0882950568 Like New-almost perfect. Pages have ambered with age. Cover lays flat. Pages sharp and clean. No marks or highlighting in text. No remainder mark from publisher. Accurate Descriptions with Fast Shipping and Robust Packaging. SKY115S. read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Appleton-Century-Crofts, New York
Date Published: 1947
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Cover has exactly one crease(diagonally across bottom corner, approx. 3/4"). No creases on spine. Corners are straight. Still vivid blue. Text slightly tanned but free of marks. Binding is tight. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Appleton-century-Crofts, Inc
Date Published: 1947
Description: Fair. 118 pages, lots of pencil underlining and notes in margins, book legible. binding ok. cover very worn, creased down middle, at corners and along spine. edges worn as are corners. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Appleton-century-crofts
Date Published: 1947
Description: Fair. Size: 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall; Cover clean, aged. pages have water mark at back and edges. some edge/corner wear. binding secure. read more
Binding: Unknown Binding
Publisher: F. S. Crofts & co
Date Published: 1947
Description: Good. ---118 pages. Interior has light pen marks otherwise clean and tight. Nice overall condition. -Publish Place: New York-Size: 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: New York: Appleton-Century-Croft
Date Published: 1947
Description: Good. ---Paper Cover. Good or Better/No Jacket. 12mo-over 6 3/4"-7 3/4" tall. 118 pages. Interior-there is a light-to-moderate amount of pencil marking on some of the pages. The paperback cover has light surfa ce/edge wear. -Publish Place: -Size: read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Dover Publications
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9780486421308ISBN:0486421309
Description: Very Good. Slight cover wear with minor scuffing to edges GoodwillnyBooks is committed to providing each customer with the highest standard of customer service. You may return new items within 30 days of delivery for a full refund. read more
"A man ahead of his time John Stuart Mill wrote this with the understated help of his wife and lifetime accomplice Harriet Taylor. 'The only purpose for which power can be rightly excercised over any member of a civilised community against his will is to prevent harm to others. His own good, either physical or moral, is not sufficient warrant' In this Mill's finest work he discusses the right and important role of indivdual liberty and the benefits to society. Without this liberty, he says, the world will degenerate into dead dogma. Views that are suppressed lead to views that are out of date. Individuality is the hope for the future. Mill was criticised heavily for this work, indeed even by his own Utilitarian brethren. Society had little place for the everyday proletariat/layman and without this work, who knows, the world may have been a much darker and less egalitarian place. A cornerstone in British, and indeed any philosophy."
"Apart from the small print and huge paragraphs, this is a supremely readable and insightful tome of political philosophy. I can agree in general with his ideas, but in response to all of those free market neo-liberals worshipping at his feet I would point to page 80:
Whoever succeeds in an overcrowded profession, or in a competitive examination; whoever is preferred to another in any contest for an object which both desire, reaps benefit rom the loss of others, from their wasted exertion and their disappointment. But it is, by common admission, better for the general interest of mankind, that persons should pursue their objects undeterred by this sort of consequences. In other words, society admits no right, either legal or moral, in the disappointed competitors, to immunity from this kind of suffering; and feels called on to interfere, only when means of success have been employed which it is contrary to the general interest to permit -- namely, fraud or treachery, and force.
That seems to succinctly condemn any of the hanky panky going on up there Wall Street-ward, and even allow for society (i.e. state) intervention to prevent it. Admittedly, it leaves the definition of "treachery" and "force" rather fuzzy.
I found deeply engaging his elegant conversation about freedom of opinion and expression in chapters 2 and 3. Among many memorable points, he proclaims the importance of keeping our beliefs alive and honed through honest and vigorous debate with opposing opinions. Also very interesting were his ideas about the school system in chapter 5. I´d be interested to hear what he had to say about universal health care."
"Chances are, you probably know at least one person out there who thinks they are a Republican, but when they actually explore and can articulate their beliefs, they are really a Libertarian. On Liberty is short, easy to read, and may be the best book you can offer to help them emerge from that hateful, authoritarian shell and spread their beautiful, freedom-loving butterfly wings..."
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