John Stuart Mill
philosopher, economist, journalist, political writer, social reformer, and, briefly, Liberal MP
Biographies
John Stuart Mill, 1806-1873
John Stuart Mill, philosopher, economist, journalist, political writer, social reformer, and, briefly, Liberal MP, is one of the most famous figures in the pantheon of Liberal theorists, and the greatest of the Victorian Liberal thinkers. Yet his relevance is not restricted to the nineteenth century; as L. T. Hobhouse wrote in 1911, in his single […]
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Reassessing John Stuart Mill
Review of Frederick Rosen, Mill (Oxford University Press, 2013).
Mill on limited liability partnerships
Not only a notable philosopher, John Stuart Mill was also active on many political issues of the day. Robert Ingham looks at one, topical once again.
John Stuart Mill and the Liberal Party
Analysis of the impact of the Victorian Liberal philosopher on his party.
John Stuart Mill as politician
Mill’s brief career as a Member of Parliament.
An archivist’s nightmare: the papers of John Stuart Mill
The Mill-Taylor Collection at the LSE.
John Stuart Mill’s ‘On Liberty’ 150 years later
An analysis of the most well-known work of the greatest of the Victorian Liberal philosophers, published 150 years ago this year, and an assessment of its relevance to 2009.
John Stuart Mill: Liberal father of feminism
Exploration of how Liberalism and feminism meet powerfully in the life and work of John Stuart Mill.
Greatest of the Liberal philosophers
Review of Richard Reeves, John Stuart Mill, Victorian Firebrand (Atlantic Books, 2007).
Learning the lessons of history: John Stuart Mill and politics today
What would John Stuart Mill make of todays politicians?
Events
A celebration and exploration of aspects of the life, career and thought of John Stuart Mill
In 1859, the philosopher and leading liberal theorist of Victorian Britain, John Stuart Mill, published his most important and enduring work On Liberty. In this essay Mill set out the principle, still acknowledged as universal and valid today, that only the threat of harm to others could justify interfering with anyones liberty of action. The […]
The search for the greatest Liberal
William Ewart Gladstone, John Maynard Keynes, David Lloyd George or John Stuart Mill: who was the greatest British Liberal? Journal readers voted in the summer to whittle down a long-list of fifteen to these final four. Now, in the final stage, leading politicians and historians make the case for each one, and Journal readers and […]
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