Routledge Guidebook to Mill's On Liberty

Jonathan Riley is Professor of Philosophy at the Murphy Institute, Tulane University, USA.

"A masterful introduction by one of the world's leading Mill scholars. The way that Riley reads, reconstructs, and defends On Liberty shows its importance for today's most contentious political debates." - Leif Wenar, King's College London, UK"Riley's book is one of the best critical overviews of On Liberty in print. It pays scrupulous attention to the details of Mill’s text, places these details in helpful historical context, and highlights their continued importance. Moreover, it manages to do all of this in clear and engaging language." - Leonard Kahn, Loyola University New Orleans , USA"This is the most authoritative guide to Mill's On Liberty. Students and lecturers alike will profit enormously from reading Jonathan Riley’s combination of impressive scholarship and accessible writing, in a book which is informed by all areas of Mill’s thinking." - Thomas Schramme, Hamburg University, Germany

• Series editor Preface Author Prefaces Part 1: General Introduction 1. Mill and the Liberty Part 2: The Argument of On Liberty 2. Introductory (Chapter I, paras 1–16) 3. Of the liberty of thought and discussion (Chapter II, paras 1–44) 4. Of individuality, as one of the elements ofwell-being (Chapter III, paras 1–19) 5. Of the limits to the authority of society over the individual (Chapter IV, paras 1–21) 6. Applications (Chapter V, paras 1–23) Part 3: Mill's Doctrine in Outline 7. The structure of Mill’s doctrine of liberty Part 4: Genral Issues 8. Liberal utilitarianism 9. Liberty, individuality and custom 10. The doctrine of Liberty in practice. Index