1st Edition

James Mill's Utilitarian Logic and Politics

By Antis Loizides Copyright 2019
254 Pages
by Routledge

254 Pages
by Routledge

254 Pages
by Routledge

James Mill’s (1773–1836) role in the development of utilitarian thought in the nineteenth century has been overshadowed both by John Stuart Mill (1806–1873) and by Jeremy Bentham (1748–1832). Of the three, the elder Mill is considered to be the least original and with the least important, if any, contributions to utilitarian theory. True as this statement may be, even those who have tried to... Read more



Introduction. 1 The rise and fall of the historian of British India. 2 A classical education. 3 History, philosophy, and the History. 4 Induction and deduction. 5 Rational persuasion. 6 Good government

Biography

Antis Loizides is Lecturer at the Department of Social and Political Sciences, University of Cyprus.