John Stuart Mill

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May 20, 1806 in Pentonville, London, England, The United Kingdom

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May 08, 1873

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Philosophy, Social Sciences, Politics

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John Stuart Mill, British philosopher, political economist, civil servant and Member of Parliament, was an influential liberal thinker of the 19th century. He was an exponent of utilitarianism, an ethical theory developed by Jeremy Bentham, although his conception of it was very different from Bentham's.

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Average rating: 3.80 · 13,619 ratings · 538 reviews · 272 distinct works

	On Liberty 3.85 avg rating — 4,817 ratings — published 1859 — 105 editions	My rating:
	Utilitarianism 3.51 avg rating — 3,386 ratings — published 1861 — 47 editions	My rating:
	On Liberty and Other Essays by John Stuart Mill, John Gray (Editor ) 3.82 avg rating — 896 ratings — published 1989 — 9 editions	My rating:
	The Subjection of Women 3.84 avg rating — 500 ratings — published 1970 — 42 editions	My rating:
	On Liberty and Utilitarianism 3.63 avg rating — 147 ratings — published 1992 — 4 editions	My rating:
	Autobiography by John Stuart Mill, John M. Robson 3.79 avg rating — 175 ratings — published 1957 — 55 editions	My rating:
	On Liberty/The Subjection of Women by John Stuart Mill, Alan Ryan (Introduction) 3.86 avg rating — 101 ratings — published 1869 — 7 editions	My rating:
	Utilitarianism and Other Essays by John Stuart Mill, Jeremy Bentham, Alan Ryan (Introduction) 3.58 avg rating — 86 ratings — published 1987	My rating:
	The Basic Writings: On Liberty/The Subjection of Women/Utilitarianism by John Stuart Mill, J.B. Schneewind (Introduction) 3.97 avg rating — 64 ratings — published 2003 — 5 editions	My rating:
	Principles of Political Economy: And Chapters on Socialism 4.08 avg rating — 25 ratings — published 1985 — 3 editions	My rating:

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“Although it is not true that all conservatives are stupid people, it is true that most stupid people are conservative.”
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“A society that will trade a little liberty for a little order will lose both, and deserve neither.”
― John Stuart Mill

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“A person may cause evil to others not only by his actions but by his inaction, and in either case he is justly accountable to them for the injury.”
― John Stuart Mill

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