A Companion to Mill by Macleod, Christopher -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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Cover Title Page Table of Contents Notes on Contributors Preface

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Note on Citations Part I: Mill's Autobiography and Biography

1 Mill’s Mind

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2 Mill’s Epiphanies

1. First Epiphany 2. Second Epiphany 3. Bentham’s Two Faces 4. From Revolution to Reform References

3 The Afterlife of John Stuart Mill, 1874–1879

1. Immortalizing Mill 2. Religious Controversy 3. The Character Question 4. Politics 5. Helen Taylor and the Chapters on Socialism 6. Conclusion References Further Reading

4 Mill’s Autobiography as Literature

1. An Artifact 2. In a Genre 3. Necessary Form 4. Summary References

Part II: Influences on Mill's Thought

5 Mill and the Classics

1. Plato’s Moral Quandary 2. Reforming Plato’s Dialectic 3. Regenerating Human Agency 4. Athens and Sparta 5. Spartan Moral Education 6. The Athenian Will References

6 Roots of Mill’s Radicalism

1. Radical Practice 2. Philosophic Radicalism 3. Bentham and Radical Democracy 4. Bentham’s Philosophic Radicalism 5. Mill’s Revision of Radicalism 6. Conclusion References

7 British Critics of Utilitarianism

1. Becoming Acquainted: Mill, Coleridge, Maurice and Sterling 2. Maurice and Sterling: Assailants of Benthamism 3. Coleridge’s Clerisy 4. Carlylean Corpuscles 5. Macaulay’s Assault References

8 Harriet Taylor Mill

1. Early Life, First Meeting, and Friendship 2. Paris and the Great Utilitarian Compromise 3. Withdrawal from Society and Socialism 4. Marriage, Death, and Religion References Further Reading

9 The French Influence

1. Emancipation and Revolutions: Mill’s Early Discovery of France and its History 2. Administering Society: The Saint Simonians 3. “Positive Philosophy” or “Positive Politics”? Auguste Comte 4. The Uncertain Prospects of Democracy: Alexis de Tocqueville 5. The History of Liberty: François Guizot 6. The Claims of Justice: 1848, Socialism, and Communism References

Part III: Foundations of Mill's Thought

10 Psychology, Associationism, and Ethology

1. Some Background 2. James Mill’s Hard‐Determinist Ethology 3. J.S. Mill’s Logic 4. Mill’s Autobiography References

11 Mill on Race and Gender

1. Gender 2. Race 3. Conclusion References Further Reading

12 Mill on Logic

1. The Nature of Logic 2. Deduction 3. Empiricism in Logic 4. Deduction Revisited 5. Induction 6. Conclusion References

13 Mill’s Epistemology

1. Mill’s Foundationalism 2. Justifying Inductive Reasoning 3. The Problem of Perception 4. Mill on our Knowledge of “Necessary” Truths 5. Mill on the “Reduction” of Deductive Reasoning to Inductive Reasoning 6. Mill’s Methods 7. Mill and Moral Epistemology References

14 Mill’s Philosophy of Language

1. Propositions and Their Constituents 2. Connotation and Denotation 3. The Import of Propositions 4. Verbal and Real Propositions 5. Mill and Contemporary Philosophy of Language References

15 Mill on Metaphysics

1. Introduction 2. What is Metaphysics? 3. Categorizing Mill 4. J.S. Mill as Copernican 5. World 6. Mind 7. Free Will References

16 Mill’s Philosophy of Science

1. Introduction 2. The Aims of the Sciences 3. The Structure and Methods of the Sciences 4. Whewell’s Critique of Mill and its Implications for Philosophy of Science References Further Reading

17 Mill’s Aesthetics

1. Introduction 2. What is Poetry? 3. Mill’s Re‐discovery of Poetry 4. The Artist and the Scientist 5. Mill, Poetry, and Bentham’s Omissions 6. Conclusion References

18 Mill on History

1. Directionalism and Historicism 2. Mill on Directionalism and Historicism 3. Combining Directionalism and Historicism References

19 Mill’s Philosophy of Religion

1. Mill’s Position and Historical Climate 2. Religious Morality 3. A Religion of Humanity 4. God, Afterlife, and Miracles 5. Rational Belief and Imaginative Hope 6. Assessment of Mill’s Philosophy of Religion References Further Reading

Part IV: Mill's Moral Philosophy

20 Mill’s Art of Life

1. Arts and Sciences Distinguished: Metaethical Mill? 2. The Content of the Art of Life 3. The Art of Life and Mill’s Moral Philosophy: Mill’s Utilitarianism and Utilitarianism 4. Rules in The Art of Life: Mill Wasn’t a Rule Utilitarian References

21 Mill’s Conception of Happiness

1. Happiness and Pleasure 2. Mill’s “Proof” 3. Qualitative Hedonism 4. Hedonism Reconsidered References Further Readings

22 The Proof

1. Context and Importance of the Proof 2. Reconstruction of the Proof 3. Critical Analysis of the Proof References Further Reading

23 Mill on Utilitarian Sanctions

1. Why a Utilitarian Conscience? 2. Developing a Utilitarian Conscience 3. The Natural and Normal Utilitarian Conscience 4. The Link with Punishment 5. Utility in the Largest Sense References

24 Mill’s Moral Standard

1. Introduction 2. Intention, Aggregation, and Other Issues: A Brief Overview 3. Act Utilitarianism 4. Rule Utilitarianism 5. Sanction Utilitarianism 6. Conclusion References

25 Mill on Justice and Rights

1. Liberal Rights 2. Liberal Rights and Progressive Happiness 3. Justice, Rights, and Equality 4. Sexual Equality, Rights, and Justice 5. Justice, Rights, and Duty 6. The Sanction Theory of Rights 7. Rights as Secondary Principles 8. Rights as Pre‐Eminent Goods 9. Conclusion References

26 Mill and Virtue

1. Virtue and its Value: Chapter 2 of Utilitarianism 2. Virtue and Happiness: Chapter 4 of Utilitarianism 3. Moral and Self‐Regarding Virtues and Vices 4. Duty, Virtue, and the Art of Life 5. Individuality, Malleability, Relativity References

Part V: Mill's Social Philosophy

27 The Harm Principle

1. The Harm Principle and the Essay On Liberty 2. What the Principle Does and Does Not Say 3. The Theory of Liberty as a Whole 4. The Weighing of Utilities 5. Toward Moral Foundations 6. The Art of Morality 7. The Content of Substantive Moral Requirement 8. Mill as Avant‐Garde References

28 Mill on Individuality

1. Introduction 2. Millian Individuality: The Fundamentals 3. Contemporary Applications of Millian Individuality 4. Mill’s Liberty Principle and Theory of Justice and Rights References

29 Mill on Freedom of Speech

1. Freedom of Speech and the Principle of Liberty 2. Limits of Speech and the Corn Dealer Example 3. Agency and Self‐Development References Further Reading

30 Mill on Democracy Revisited

1. The Development of Mill’s Views on Democracy Prior to 1861: From “Spiritual Power” to “The Principle of Antagonism” 2. Mill’s Case for Representative Government in the Considerations 3. Potential Dangers of Democracy 4. How to Make the Most of Democracy: Mill’s Constitutional Proposals 5. Conclusion: Elitist or Democrat? References Further Reading

31 Mill on the Family

1. Mill’s Experiences of Family 2. Critique of Victorian Marriage Laws 3. Marriage Between Equals 4. Parents and Children 5. The Family as a “School in the Relation of Equality” References Further Reading

32 Mill’s Normative Economics

1. Is Normative Economics an Independent Field for Mill? 2. The Sharp Positive/Normative Distinction Questioned 3. Economic Freedom in Mill’s Normative Economics 4. Mill’s Analysis of Socialism: Drawing the Elements Together References

33 Mill on Education and Schooling

1. Mill’s Education and Intellectual Heritage 2. Direct and Indirect Education 3. Controversies in Education 4. Conclusion References

34 Mill on Colonialism

1. Introduction 2. Mill’s Historical Milieu 3. Reconstructing Mill 4. Conclusion References

Part VI: Mill and Later Movements in Philosophy

35 Mill, German Idealism, and the Analytic/Continental Divide

1. Bentham and Coleridge 2. Mill and Schiller 3. Two Schools or Three? 4. The Analytic/Continental Divide 5. The Unbearable Elusiveness of Being References Further Reading

36 Mill and Modern Utilitarianism

1. What Kind of Utilitarian Was Mill? 2. Pleasure and Well‐Being 3. The Case for Utilitarianism 4. Toward a More Refined Utilitarianism 5. Concluding Remarks References

37 Mill and Modern Liberalism

1. Introduction 2. The Arguments of On Liberty 3. Mill and Public Reason Liberalism 4. Conclusion References

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