Liberty, Equality, Fraternity: And Three Brief Essays

ISBN-13: 9780226772585 / Angielski / Miękka / 1992 / 394 str.

James Fitzjames Stephen; Richard A. Posner

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With great energy and clarity, Sir James Fitzjames Stephen (1829-1894), author of "History of the Criminal Law of England," and judge of the High Court from 1879-91, challenges John Stuart Mill's "On Liberty" and "On Utilitarianism," arguing that Mill's view of humanity is sentimental and utopian.
"His writing is strong meat full of the threat of hellfrire, the virtue of government by the lash and a fervent belief that the state cannot remain neutral but has a duty to espouse a moral code." Roderick Munday, "Cambridge Law Journal"
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