1. To do as one would be done by, and to love
one's neighbour as oneself, constitute the ideal
perfection of utilitarian morality.
Liberal Thinkers 02
John Stuart Mill by Binish Javed

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Overview
1. Life
British
philosopher, economist, moral
and political theorist
2. Work
Most influential English
speaking philosopher
3. Impact
Greatest thinkers of 19th
century

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1. Life

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Early Life
 Born in London 1806
 Son of a Scottish
philosopher, historian
and economist - James
Mill
 Influence by
father, Jeremy Bentham
and Francis Place
 At age twenty suffered
nervous breakdown

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His Studies
 At age of three was
taught Greek
 At age of eight
began studying Latin
 appointed school
master to younger
children of family
 Main subject of
interest was history

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Studies
 At age twelve
thorough study of
scholastic logic
 Study of political
economy

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Serious Illness
 1826 – suffered
serious mental
depression
 Change in inherited
opinions

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Influenced by
 New influences by :
1. Wordsworth
2. Coleridge
3. Carlyle
4. Goethe
5. Saint Simonians
6. Comte

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Social and Political Conceptions
 Value for poetry and
art
 Change in political
and social
conceptions

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2. Work

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Work
 1843 – a System of
logic
 Political Economy
 1859 – Liberty
(joint product with
step daughter Helen
Taylor)

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Work
 1861 –
Considerations on
Representative
Government
 1861 – Fraser’s
Magazine (set of
essays on moral
philosophy)

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Utalitarianism
 Published 1863
 Establishes idea of
public welfare
=> “father of
welfare state”

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Publications
 1865 – Auguste
Comte and
Positivism
 1869 – Subjection
of Women

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Representation in Parliament
1865–1868: Parliamentary
representation of Westminister

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3. Impact

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Impact
 Greatest thinkers of
19th century
 Immense influence
upon modern
culture
 Contemporary
philosophy and
modern thought

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Impact
 Many facets of
Mill’s thought and
influence
 Synopsis of recent
developments