On John Stuart Mill

by Philip Kitcher

Book Overview

John Stuart Mill expressed many of the central tenets of liberalism with unsurpassed clarity and enduring influence. Yet Mill's apparent victory in the marketplace of ideas has numbed us to the power of his arguments. To many readers today, his views can seem utterly familiar, even banal.

Sharing insights from teaching Mill for many years, the eminent philosopher Philip Kitcher makes a cogent case for why we should read this nineteenth-century...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231204159
• ISBN13: 9780231204156
• Release Date: January 2023
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 152 Pages
• Weight: 0.44 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.4"