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" "
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 Cour...
R. J. White's edition, which was originally published in 1967, made Fitzjames Stephen's classic available for the first time since 1914. The editor made use of the 1874 second edition which included Stephen's notes in reply to his original critics. Stephen's work is written as a systematic denunciation of John Stuart Mill's political thought. It is thus of great importance in the history of Utilitarianism, and also as the most forthright and systematic of the Victorian attacks on democracy. Stephen's work is also important for its repudiation of the progressive attitudes to religion and...
R. J. White's edition, which was originally published in 1967, made Fitzjames Stephen's classic available for the first time since 1914. The editor ma...
