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9 paź 2007 · During Mill’s lifetime, he was most widely admired for his work in theoretical philosophy and political economy. However, nowadays Mill’s greatest philosophical influence is in moral and political philosophy, especially his articulation and defense of utilitarianism and liberalism (Nicholson 1998).
- Mill, Harriet Taylor
John Stuart Mill and Harriet Taylor: Their Friendship and...
- Mill, James
As John Stuart Mill later wrote, “I … grew up in the absence...
- Mill's Moral and Political Philosophy
John Stuart Mill (1806-1873) was the most famous and...
- Mill, John Stuart
John Stuart Mill. John Stuart Mill (1806–73) was the most...
- Mill, Harriet Taylor
The ethical theory of John Stuart Mill (1806-1873) is most extensively articulated in his classical text Utilitarianism (1861). Its goal is to justify the utilitarian principle as the foundation of morals. This principle says actions are right in proportion as they tend to promote overall human happiness.
9 paź 2007 · John Stuart Mill (1806-1873) was the most famous and influential British moral philosopher of the nineteenth century. He was one of the last systematic philosophers, making significant contributions in logic, metaphysics, epistemology, ethics, political philosophy, and social theory.
25 sie 2016 · John Stuart Mill. John Stuart Mill (1806–73) was the most influential English language philosopher of the nineteenth century. He was a naturalist, a utilitarian, and a liberal, whose work explores the consequences of a thoroughgoing empiricist outlook.
On Mill’s view, intuitionism needed to be defeated in the realms of logic, mathematics, and philosophy of mind if its pernicious effects in social and political discourse were to be mitigated. In his writings, Mill argues for a number of controversial principles.
Mill's moral philosophy has a doctrine of Virtue that complements his theory of Morality. In the Logic, Mill lays out the three departments of the Art of Life—“Morality, Prudence or Policy, and Aesthetics; the Right, the Expedient, and the Beautiful or Noble” (CW, 8:949).
On the reading developed herein, Mill’s moral theory comprises a hedonistic theory of value and a rule-utilitarian theory of obligation. While not a ‘virtue ethicist’ per se, he attaches paramount importance to the development of our distinctly human faculties and the formation of desirable habits.
