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Childhood
J.S. Mill was rather intelligent as he learned to read Greek and Latin languages before the age of 8. He was raised and taught by his father, James Mill, and British philosopher, Jeremy Bentham. He also studied calculus, economics, and logic in his teen years. These intense studies began his utilitarian and rationlist perspective. J.S. Mill would then go on to write multiple major books on his principles which are shortly summarizes in this timeline. -
Video Overview of J.S. Mill's Life
Below is a link to a 2 minute long video on an overview of John Stuart Mill's life : https://youtu.be/Y7LTNIhxmjg -
On Liberty
J.S. Mill wrote, "On Liberty", in 1859 with the purpose to establish his no-harm principle. "That principle is, that the sole end for which mankind are warranted, individually or collectively, in interfering with the liberty of action of any of their number, is self-protection" (Mill 223). In short, J.S. Mill believed that freedom is deserved with the understanding that one's actions shouldn't cause meanful harm to one another. -
Utilitarianism
J.S. Mill presented the idea that only actions that produce happiness are right and actions that produce unhappiness are wrong (Mill 210). He believed that we are all responsible for creating as much happiness as we are capable of producing. His morals seem to be on a kind of scale from praiseworthy to blameworhty/punishment. -
The Subjection of Women
J.S. Mill addressed discrimination against women as a product of stereotypes routed in up-bringing (Mill 305). He also saw marriage a type of slavery that most women were subjected to at the time. He believed that we are all different, but that no one person was superior to another. -
References
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