John Stuart Mill zur Einführung

John Stuart Mill shapes the social and moral ideals of the modern world like hardly anyone else. Writings like On Liberty, Utilitarianism and System of Logic are among the most discussed classics of the philosophical tradition. His Subjection of Women is a fundamental work of modern feminism, and in Considerations on Representative Government and other works he develops a theory of deliberative democracy. This introduction provides an overview of John Stuart Mill's main insights and concerns and explains the central research controversies. It places particular emphasis on the presentation of the points of connection between Mills' ideas in Political Economy and Theoretical and Practical Philosophy, which are usually treated separately. In doing so, Mill shows himself to be an astonishingly contemporary and radical thinker.