Three Essays: On Liberty, Representative Government, The Subjection of Women

By John Stuart Mill

Book Overview

The three major essays collected in this volume were written in the latter half of Mill's life (1806-1873) and were quickly accepted into the canon of European political and social thought. Today, when liberty and representative government collide with other principles and when women still experience prejudice, Mill's essays reveal his sense of history, intelligence, and ardent concern for human liberty, and continue to shed light on politics and contemporary society.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0192830139
• ISBN13: 9780192830135
• Release Date: January 1976
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 550 Pages
• Weight: 0.82 lbs.
• Dimensions: 7.8" x 0.9" x 5.1"

Customer Reviews

Limited Government and Respect for the Individual

John S. Mill offers a compelling set of arguments in favor of respect for adult individuals and the necessary limitation of government. He acknowledges the role of government to provide sufficient order to preserve what people have developed and built, but he balances against that the need for individual freedom in order to innovate and to progress. I used this as one of the texts in a political philosophy class I taught at the United States Military Academy. I highly recommend it.