John Stuart Mill Group at eNotes

Well, let me start by stating that I don't think we should. However,...

Thu, 26 Feb 2009 11:40:53 PST

Well, let me start by stating that I don't think we should. However, using Mill's reasoning, there are certain solid reasons we should. First, doing so provides a universal binary scale: you can appraise just two factors, pleasure and pain, rather than duty, religious imperative, etc. This provides a strong universal reference. Second, this unified scale would seem to escape the conflicting claims that so trouble people: what happens when two...

According to John Stuart Mill, why should we choose pleasure or pain as...

Thu, 26 Feb 2009 08:02:32 PST

According to John Stuart Mill, why should we choose pleasure or pain as the arbiters of morality?

I do not believe that all marriage unions bond women and puts them in an...

Sun, 28 Dec 2008 15:46:19 PST

I do not believe that all marriage unions bond women and puts them in an inferior role. There are plenty of relationships that don't involve marriage where the woman feels that she is the subordinate of her partner. Marriage in other cultures and religions can subject women, since once they are married there are many rules for women to adhere to that put them in an inferior place. But in America and other free socities, marriage I believe...

Does Marriage Contribute to the Subjection of Women in the Society?.

Sun, 21 Dec 2008 14:11:30 PST

Thanks, I am writing on subjection of Women by John Stuart Mill; most people seem not to believe in the equality of both genders, and seeing marriage as a bondage that women are put into. I agitate that they should be freed. Thanks.

A System of Logic

Sat, 11 Oct 2008 09:08:16 PST

I would like to discuss Mill's A System of Logic. Why was he writing it and what did the public derive from it? What were the views of competing philosophers? What is the best way to approach reading it for the first time? In what way has it influenced the American legal system?