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Book SynopsisDiscussion of John Stuart Mill's ethics has been dominated by concern with right and wrong action as determined by the principle of utility. This book unearths the context of moral and socio-political debate that Mill did not have to make explicit to his Victorian readers.
Trade Review"'Colin Heydt's work is a rich and original contextual study of John Stuart Mill's political philosophy, ethics and moral psychology. Heydt has a keen eye for the aesthetic dimensions of Mill's ideas of character and moral education and this has led to a great deal of clarification of Mill's more well-known moral ideas. It has also enabled Heydt to situate Mill more interestingly than is common in the context of predecessors and contemporaries, crossing many of the traditional disciplinary boundaries.' Knud Haakonssen, University of Sussex 'Colin Heydt's investigation of Mill is an original, engaging, and illuminating study of unduly neglected aspects of Mill's thought. I learned a great deal from it - not only about Mill and his views but also about aesthetic education and character development.' David Lyons, Boston University"
Table of ContentsIntroduction: Rethinking the Place of the Principle of Utility in Mill's Ethics; Chapter 1: The Ethics of Aesthetics and Life as Art; Chapter 2: Mill, Bentham, and 'Internal Culture'; Chapter 3: Narrative, Imagination, and the Religion of Humanity in Mill's Ethics; Chapter 4: Social and Political Dimensions of Aesthetic Education: Family, Marriage, and Gender Relations; Chapter 5: Social and Political Dimensions of Aesthetic Education: The Industrial Economy and the Workplace; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.
