'It's a free country!', we say, when we want to make our own decisions, or express our own ideas. Easily said: but what really makes a society free? Written in 1859, John Stuart Mill's On Liberty still provides the classic answer. As we enter the third millennium, few of our societies would pass Mill's test of true freedom! George Myerson's lively text: investigates the background to Mill's On Liberty; offers a clear and concise summary of the whole book; gives close-up explanations of the most important arguments; offers a critical appreciation of Mill's contribution to the theory of human liberty. the facts...the concepts...the ideas...
- ISBN10 0340804734
- ISBN13 9780340804735
- Publish Date 28 September 2001
- Publish Status Unknown
- Out of Print 1 April 2006
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher John Murray Press
- Imprint John Murray Learning
- Format Paperback (B-Format (198x129 mm))
- Pages 96
- Language English