Considerations on Representative Government - Softcover

Mill, John Stuart

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0877973660 ISBN 13: 9780877973669

Publisher: Cherokee Publishing Company (GA), 2007

Synopsis

The form of government for any given country being (within certain definite conditions) amenable to choice, it is now to be considered by what test the choice should be directed; what are the distinctive characteristics of the form of government best fitted to promote the interests of any given society.

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One of the foremost figures of Western intellectual thought in the late 19th century, John Stuart Mill offered up examinations of human rights, personal and societal rights and responsibilities, and the striving for individual happiness that continue to impact our philosophies, both private and political, to this day. In this 1861 book, considered his most ambitious political treatise, Mill collects his thinking on: * the extent to which forms of government are a matter of choice * the criterion of a good form of government * the social conditions under which representative government is inapplicable * the proper functions of representative bodies * the "extension of suffrage" * modes of voting * and much more. English philosopher and politician JOHN STUART MILL (1806-1873) served as an administrator in the East Indian Company from 1823 to 1858, and as a member of parliament from 1865 to 1868. Among his essays on a wide range of political and social thought are Principles of Political Economy (1848), Considerations on Representative Government (1861), and The Subjection of Women (1869).

About the Author

John Stuart Mill was an English philosopher, politician and economist most famous for his contributions to the theory of utilitarianism. The author of numerous influential political treatises, Mill s writings on liberty, freedom of speech, democracy and economics have helped to form the foundation of modern liberal thought. His 1859 work, On Liberty, is particularly noteworthy for helping to address the nature and limits of the power of the state over the individual. Mills has become one of the most influential figures in nineteenth-century philosophy, and his writings are still widely studied and analyzed by scholars. Mills died in 1873 at the age of 66.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cherokee Publishing Company (GA)
• Publication date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0877973660
• ISBN 13: 9780877973669
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 320