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Comment: “Mill was the prophet of an empty liberty and an abstract individual”. (Barker)

  • UPSC 2004
  • Western Political Thought

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The verdict comes from the introductory chapter of Ernest Barker's Political Thought in England from Herbert Spencer to the Present Day (1915; later reissued as Political Thought in England 1848–1914). Barker grants that John Stuart Mill moved beyond Benthamism, prizing representative institutions for the character they develop and admitting trade unions and even social regulation…

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  • What the Charge Means
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