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Socialism is a classic political science/political philosophy essay by John Stuart Mill. This venerable political science book contains the following excerpt from the introduction:It was in the year 1869 that, impressed with the degree in which, even during the last twenty years, when the world seemed so wholly occupied with other matters, the socialist ideas of speculative thinkers had spread among the workers in every civilized country, Mr. Mill formed the design of writing a book on Socialism. Convinced that the inevitable tendencies of modern society must be to bring the questions involved in it always more and more to the front, he thought it of great practical consequence that they should be thoroughly and impartially considered, and the lines pointed out by which the best speculatively-tested theories might, without prolongation of suffering on the one hand, or unnecessary disturbance on the other, be applied to the existing order of things. He therefore planned a work which should go exhaustively through the whole subject, point by point; and the chapters now printed are the first rough drafts thrown down towards the foundation of that work. These chapters might not, when the work came to be completely written out and then re-written, according to the author's habit, have appeared in the present order; they might have been incorporated into different parts of the work. It has not been without hesitation that I have yielded to the urgent wish of the editor of this Review to give these chapters to the world; but I have complied with his request because, while they appear to me to possess great intrinsic value as well as special application to the problems now forcing themselves on public attention, they will not, I believe, detract even from the mere literary reputation of their author, but will rather form an example of the patient labor with which good work is done.

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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Complete digitally restored reprint (facsimile) of the original edition of 1862 with excellent resolution and outstanding readability.

Complete digitally restored reprint (facsimile) of the original edition of 1905 with excellent resolution and outstanding readability. "On Liberty" by John Stuart Mill is today maybe more relevant than ever bevore...

Une oeuvre majeure du féminisme et de la lutte pour l'émancipation des femmes. Cet essai de John Stuart Mill est publié à une époque (1869) où l'inégalité entre les sexes se montre bien plus qu'ancrée dans l'opinion générale: elle est inscrite dans la loi britannique. Les femmes sont alors vues comme naturellement moins fortes et intellectuellement moins douées que les hommes. Mais dans L'Asservissement des Femmes, le philosophe anglais affirme le rôle prépondérant de la construction sociale dans cette image, qui permet de maintenir la situation d'assujettissement. Il y défend surtout la thèse de l'égalité homme-femme dès la naissance, et même du droit de vote en faveur du sexe faible . Le mariage y est analysé, la place accordée à l'épouse critiquée, la soumission au mari dénoncée... Bref, c'est toute l'image de la femme qui est déconstruite dans cette réflexion si avant-gardiste qu'elle brûle encore d'actualité, un siècle et demi plus tard...En édition BILINGUE ANGLAIS/FRANÇAIS, avec lecture audio intégrée. Lisez L'Asservissement des Femmes en français et en anglais, mais savourez également la lecture de cet ouvrage dans sa version originale anglaise, ou dans sa traduction française. Comment ? Grâce à votre téléphone, tablette ou webcam. L'idéal pour améliorer votre maîtrise de la langue de John Stuart Mill... et de Voltaire !

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Complete digitally restored reprint (facsimile handmade reproduction) of the original edition of 1867 (people's edition) with excellent resolution and outstanding readability.

Io mi propongo in questo saggio, di spiegare colla maggior possibile chiarezza, le ragioni sulle quali si fonda una opinione, che io ho abbracciata fin da quanto si formavano le mie prime convinzioni sulle questioni sociali e politiche, e che ben lungi dal fiaccarsi e modificarsi colla riflessione e la esperienza della vita, non fece che ingagliardire viemmeglio con esse. Io credo che le relazioni sociali dei due sessi, che sottomettono l'un sesso all'altro in nome della legge, sono cattive in sè stesse, e costituiscono oggidì uno dei precipui ostacoli che si oppongono al progresso dell'umanità...

John Stuart Mill's book Utilitarianism is a classic exposition and defence of utilitarianism in ethics. The essay first appeared as a series of three articles published in Fraser's Magazine in 1861 (vol. 64, p. 391-406, 525-534, 659-673); the articles were collected and reprinted as a single book in 1863. Mill's aim in the book is to explain what utilitarianism is, to show why it is the best theory of ethics, and to defend it against a wide range of criticisms and misunderstandings. Though heavily criticized both in Mill's lifetime and in the years since, Utilitarianism did a great deal to popularize utilitarian ethics and has been considered "the most influential philosophical articulation of a liberal humanistic morality that was produced in the nineteenth century.¿¿Mill took many elements of his version of utilitarianism from Jeremy Bentham, the great nineteenth-century legal reformer, who along with William Paley were the two most influential English utilitarians prior to Mill. Like Bentham, Mill believed that happiness (or pleasure, which both Bentham and Mill equated with happiness) was the only thing humans do and should desire for its own sake. Since happiness is the only intrinsic good, and since more happiness is preferable to less, the goal of the ethical life is to maximize happiness. This is what Bentham and Mill call "the principle of utility" or "the greatest-happiness principle." Both Bentham and Mill thus endorse "classical" or "hedonistic" forms of utilitarianism. More recent utilitarians often deny that happiness is the sole intrinsic good, arguing that a variety of values and consequences should be considered in ethical decision making.[4]Although Mill agreed with Bentham about many of the foundational principles of ethics, he also had some major disagreements. In particular, Mill tried to develop a more refined form of utilitarianism that would harmonize better with ordinary morality and highlight the importance in the ethical life of intellectual pleasures, self-development, high ideals of character, and conventional moral rules.

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Considerations on Representative Government is a political science book by John Stuart Mill published in 1861.¿¿Mill argues for representative government, the ideal form of government in his opinion. One of the more notable ideas Mill puts forth in the book is that the business of government representatives is not to make legislation. Instead Mill suggests that representative bodies such as parliaments and senates are best suited to be places of public debate on the various opinions held by the population and to act as watchdogs of the professionals who create and administer laws and policy. In his words: