Mill's Moral and Political Philosophy

In OL, Mill argues for the importance of allowing each to form her own life plan and to have wide

(a) Some people are interested in the history of philosophy or the sake of historical knowledge

Lots of interesting issues here. (1) Not sure how you're thinking of the difference between de

I don't disagree that M often accuses the censor of assuming infallibility. I just think that

There is a somewhat different possibility, viz. that even if M's commitments are strictly

My earlier Reply seems to have been lost in the ether. Here's the gist of it: I don't see why

The Imperfection Hypothesis that you take up at the end (must the best whole have bad parts) seems to

These are biggies. My own view (surprise, surprise) is that OL, CRG, and SW confirm the importance of

By the way, the italicized clause was "which their nature is capable of." I could use

Some students have already turned in drafts. Others have not yet. Some students who have turned in

We will pursue the Meaty Questions option for next week -- with one significant change. Theron has

Some other possibilities: 1. We could read and discuss something that had otherwise been background

hi attached, revised, still scrappy notes on Mill's The Subjection of Women I'm wondering if

attached, some scrappy notes on Mill's THE SUBJECTION OF WOMEN best, dick

i am more interested in the Book V, ch 11 discussion (the grounds and limits of the laissez-faire

This is the address. http://www.politics.ubc.ca/index.php?id=4579 > i do intend to talk about

Hi These notes are incredibly diffuse, but since I am looking at just a subset of the many issues

Granted, (B) is a side issue, but I'm surprised that you could have been doing philosophy so long

Casey pointed out a typo in what the syllabus says about the PPE readings. For book IV, it says IV.

Attached, some notes on chapters 2-6 of Considerations on Representative Government. This is

Hi I placed a copy of Charles Beitz's chapter "Results" from his book Political

I have a pdf of ch. 7 of vol. 2, "Offensive Nuisances." (I've assigned it in classes

Hi Phil 202 folk: 1. Attached, the missing page of my "Paternalism Utility & Fairness."

Hi at http://www.utilitarian.net/jsmill/ you can download copies of Mil's writings, including

i think the paper is stronger without apge 413. i'll bring or send you the missing page dick ps

attached, a cleaner version of the notes i sent out yesterday. but be aware that these notes are for

hi attached, some notes on Mill dick arneson

cool. thanks Theron! Sarah T. Aikin Graduate Student Department of Philosophy University of

Hi Your question seems perfectly appropriate to me. I wish you had raised it in class. Whether a

Could I borrow someone's copy of Lyons's *Mill's Utilitarianism: Critical Essays*? I