书名: On Liberty (Rethinking the Western Tradition)
作者: John Stuart Mill (Author), David Bromwich (Editor), George Kateb (Editor)
出版社: Yale University Press (January 11, 2003)
语言: English
ISBN-10: 0300096089
ISBN-13: 978-0300096088
Book Description
THE time, it is to be hoped, is gone by when any defence would be necessary of the "liberty of the press" as one of the securities against corrupt or tyrannical government. No argument, we may suppose, can now be needed, against permitting a legislature or an executive, not identified in interest with the people, to prescribe opinions to them, and determine what doctrines or what arguments they shall be allowed to hear.
These two essays by John Stuart Mill, England's greatest nineteenth-century philosopher, are the fruit of six hundred years of progressive thought about individual rights and the responsibilities of society. Together they provide the moral and theoretical justification for liberal democracy as we know it, and their incalculable influence on modern history testifies not only to the force of their arguments, but also to the power ideas can have over human affairs.
Review
"...Mill is part of the air we breathe...His treatise...deserves attention. " -- Michael Potemra, National Review
"The introduction offers fresh insights..." -- Thomas Christiano, University of Arizona
"An impressively compact and engaging introduction and a well-chosen selection of ancillary materials..." -- Eileen Gillooly, Columbia University
"Alexander should be commended for making this invaluable material accessible to scholars and students..." -- Maria H. Moralies, Florida State University
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作者: John Stuart Mill (Author), David Bromwich (Editor), George Kateb (Editor)
出版社: Yale University Press (January 11, 2003)
语言: English
ISBN-10: 0300096089
ISBN-13: 978-0300096088
Book Description
THE time, it is to be hoped, is gone by when any defence would be necessary of the "liberty of the press" as one of the securities against corrupt or tyrannical government. No argument, we may suppose, can now be needed, against permitting a legislature or an executive, not identified in interest with the people, to prescribe opinions to them, and determine what doctrines or what arguments they shall be allowed to hear.
These two essays by John Stuart Mill, England's greatest nineteenth-century philosopher, are the fruit of six hundred years of progressive thought about individual rights and the responsibilities of society. Together they provide the moral and theoretical justification for liberal democracy as we know it, and their incalculable influence on modern history testifies not only to the force of their arguments, but also to the power ideas can have over human affairs.
Review
"...Mill is part of the air we breathe...His treatise...deserves attention. " -- Michael Potemra, National Review
"The introduction offers fresh insights..." -- Thomas Christiano, University of Arizona
"An impressively compact and engaging introduction and a well-chosen selection of ancillary materials..." -- Eileen Gillooly, Columbia University
"Alexander should be commended for making this invaluable material accessible to scholars and students..." -- Maria H. Moralies, Florida State University
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