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On Liberty
- Narrated by: Gildart Jackson
- Length: 4 hrs and 58 mins
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Publisher's Summary
First published in 1859, John Stuart Mill's On Liberty is an exhaustive exploration of social and civic liberty, its limits, and its consequences. Mill's work is a classic of political liberalism that contains a rational justification of the freedom of the individual in opposition to the claims of the state. Drawing upon the empiricism of John Locke, George Berkeley, and David Hume, and the utilitarianism of Jeremy Bentham, On Liberty defends the representative democracy as the culmination of society's progression from lower to higher stages, even as it recognizes one of the unique dangers of this type of government - namely, the "tyranny of the majority".
Central to Mill's ideology is the harm principle - the idea that individual liberties should only be curtailed when they harm or interfere with the ability of others to exercise their own liberties. Unlike other liberal theorists, Mill did not rely upon theories of abstract rights to support his ideology, but rather grounded his philosophy in ideas of utility.
As relevant to modern audiences as it was to Mill's Victorian readership, On Liberty is an enduring classic of political thought.
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- Matt Macdonald
- 27-01-2022
One of my favourite books.
The consideration of liberty is lost on so called modern day western democracies. They pass laws without any prudence or due diligence. Our elected officials should be pressed to read or listen to this book.
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- Anonymous User
- 01-04-2022
Simply beautiful
This is one of the finest pieces of writing I have ever had the pleasure of reading/ listening too.
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- Matthew
- 04-01-2022
a politician ahead if his time
JSM strived for excellence and this book proves it. He was against female subjugation, slavery, corruption and abuses of power.
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