John Stuart Mill, thought and influence : the saint of rationalism / / edited by Georgios Varouxakis and Paul Kelly

• Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2010
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (189 p.)
• Disciplina: 192; 320.092
• Soggetto topico: Political science - Philosophy
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: KellyP. J (Paul Joseph) VarouxakisGeorgios <1966->
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Acknowledgements; 1 John Stuart Mill's thought and legacy: A timely reappraisal; 2 The primacy of the political and the problem of cultural authority in an age of transition; 3 Competing theories of character formation: James vs. John Stuart Mill; 4 Wild natural beauty and the religion of humanity: Mill's 'green' credentials; 5 Parallel lives in logic: The Benthams and the Mills; 6 John Stuart Mill and virtue ethics; 7 Justice as higher pleasure; 8 Mill's feminism: Liberal, radical and queer; 9 Liberalism as free thought ; 10 Mill's relevance today: A personal viewIndex
• Sommario/riassunto: More than two hundred years after his birth, and 150 years after the publication of his most famous essay On Liberty, John Stuart Mill remains one of the towering intellectual figures of the Western tradition. This book combines an up-to-date assessment of the philosophical legacy of Mill's arguments, his complex version of liberalism and his account of the relationship between character and ethical and political commitment. Bringing together key international and interdisciplinary scholars, including Martha Nussbaum and Peter Singer, this book combines the latest insights of Mill scholarsh
• Titolo autorizzato: John Stuart Mill, thought and influence
• ISBN: 1-136-99859-4; 1-282-56994-5; 9786612569944; 0-203-85558-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910459017603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Routledge innovations in political theory ; ; 36.