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| John Stuart Mill: John Stuart Mill (1806 – 1873) was an English philosopher, political economist, politician, and civil servant. One of the thinkers in the history of classical liberalism, he contributed widely to social theory, political theory, and political economy. Major works include A System of Logic (1843), Principles of Political Economy (1848), On Liberty (1859), Utilitarianism (1861), The Subjection of Women (1869). See also Utilitarianism, Liberalism, Liberty, Freedom, Society._____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. | |||
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Gerald F. Gaus on Mill - Dictionary of Arguments
Gaus I 102 Mill/Gaus: Mill believes that reason reveals our nature and its needs; human nature possesses impulses or energies that try to manifest themselves. Not only do we naturally possess different capacities, but these capacities are sources of energy that seek to express themselves. Consequently, to block a person from developing her capacities is to de-energize her - to make her passive and lethargic (1963a(1): ch. 3; Gaus, 1983a(2): ch. 4). Gaus I 103 Thus interpreted, Mill advances a quintessential Enlightenment argument: we can know human nature, and the knowledge of human nature provides truths about how we ought to live (Gaus, 2003(3); ch. 1; cf. Shapiro, 2003(4)). Liberalism becomes identified with the promotion of a certain sort of self-realizing individual, one who develops her nature, is rational and suspicious of custom, experiments with different ways of living and is not prone to conformism. >Liberalism/Gaus. 1. Mill, John Stuart (1963a) On Liberty. In J. M. Robson, ed., The Collected Works of John Stuart Mill. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, vol. XVIII, 213–301. 2. Gaus, Gerald F. (1983a) The Modern Liberal Theory of Man. New York: St Martin’s. 3.Gaus, Gerald F. (2003) Contemporary Theories of Liberalism: Public Reason as a Post-Enlightenment Project. London: Sage. 4.Shapiro, Ian (2003) The Moral Foundations of Politics. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press. Gaus, Gerald F. 2004. „The Diversity of Comprehensive Liberalisms.“ In: Gaus, Gerald F. & Kukathas, Chandran 2004. Handbook of Political Theory. SAGE Publications._____________Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition. |
Gaus I Gerald F. Gaus Chandran Kukathas Handbook of Political Theory London 2004 |
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