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1 online resource (377 pages) |
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Routledge Guides to the Great Books |
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Routledge guides to the great books.
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Cover; Half Title; Series Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Preface to the first edition; Preface to this edition; Part I: General Introduction; 1. Mill and the Liberty; Mill's life and work; 'Text-book of a single truth'; Early reaction; Current status; Suggestions for further reading; Notes; Part II: The Argument of on Liberty; 2. Introductory (Chapter I, paras 1-16); Stages of liberty (I.1-5); Absence of a general principle (I.6-8); The exceptional case of religious belief (I.7); 'One very simple principle' (I.9-10); Utilitarian form of argument (I.11-12) |
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Self-regarding conduct (I.12)From one very simple principle to the maxim of self-regarding liberty (I.9-12); The self-regarding sphere (I.12); Absolute priority of self-regarding liberty (I.7, 10, 13); The growing danger of social repression (I.14-15); Suggestions for further reading; Notes; 3. Of the liberty of thought and discussion (Chapter II, paras 1-44); The grounds of some familiar liberties (II. 1); The harm of silencing an opinion which may be true (II. 3-20); The harm of silencing even a false opinion (II. 21-33) |
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The harm of silencing an opinion which may be only partly true (II. 34-36, 39)The crucial case of Christian moral beliefs (II. 37-38); Must free expression be fair and temperate? (II. 44); Suggestions for further reading; Notes; 4. Of individuality, as one of the elements of well-being (Chapter III, paras 1-19); The grounds of liberty of action (III. 1); The worth of spontaneous action (III. 2-6); The worth of obedience to social rules (III. 3-6, 9, 17); An ideal type of individual character (III. 5-9); Utilitarian case for the equal right to liberty (III. 10-19); Holes in the case? |
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Suggestions for further readingNotes; 5. Of the limits to the authority of society over the individual (Chapter IV, paras 1-21); The nature of utilitarian coercion (IV. 1-3); The nature of self-regarding acts (IV. 4-7); The self-other distinction: some objections answered (IV. 8-12); 'Gross usurpations upon the liberty of private life' (IV. 13-21); Suggestions for further reading; Notes; 6. Applications (Chapter V, paras 1-23); Mill's doctrine and its application (V.1-2); Harm to others not sufficient for coercion (V.3); The liberty principle distinguished from laissez-faire (V.4) |
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The proper limits of society's police authority (V.5-6)Society's authority to enforce 'good manners' (V.7); Liberty of public solicitation and its limits (V.8); Legitimate authority to tax sales and limit the number of sellers (V.9-10); Voluntary association and the enforcement of contracts (V.11); Voluntary release and the permission to break contracts (V.11); 'Misapplied notions of liberty' (V.12-15); Liberty to refuse to co-operate (V.16-23); Suggestions for further reading; Notes; Part III: Mill's Doctrine in Outline; 7. The structure of Mill's doctrine of liberty; Key concepts |
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The 'one very simple principle' |
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Print version record |
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781315728582 |
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1315728583 |
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