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John Stuart Mill Bibliography

Stuart Mill, John. Utilitarianism (1861).

Stuart Mill, John. On Liberty (1859).

Stuart Mill, John. The Subjection of Women (1869).

Stuart Mill, John. Considerations on Representative Government (1861).

Stuart Mill, John. Principles of Political Economy (1848).

Stuart Mill, John. Ethics.

Stuart Mill, John. Autobiography of John Stuart Mill (1873).

Stuart Mill, John. Inaugural Address (1867).

Stuart Mill, John. The Second Treatise of Government.

Stuart Mill, John. Chapters on Socialism (1879).

Stuart Mill, John. The Logic of Moral Sciences.

Stuart Mill, John. Three Essays on Religion (1874).

Stuart Mill, John. Speech in Favor of Capital Punishment (1868).

Stuart Mill, John. Lord Durham and the Canadians.

Stuart Mill, John. A System of Logic.

Secondary Sources:

Macleod, Christopher, “John Stuart Mill”, The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Summer 2020 Edition), Edward N. Zalta (ed.), URL = <https://plato.stanford.edu/archives/sum2020/entries/mill/>.

This source contains substantive information about John Stuart Mill’s naturalism, theoretical philosophy, practical philosophy, and theory of utilitarianism. 

Sandel, Michael. Justice. Penguin Books, 2010.

There is a chapter in this book called the Greatest Happiness Principle: Utilitarianism. It explores John Stuart Mill’s political philosophy. I think this information will be very relevant for my project.

Brink, David, “Mill’s Moral and Political Philosophy”, The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Fall 2022 Edition), Edward N. Zalta (ed.), URL = <https://plato.stanford.edu/archives/fall2022/entries/mill-moral-political/>.

This source contains sections about Mill’s intellectual background, utilitarianism, liberalism, liberal democracy, and sex equality. It reveals a lot of background and context for the many written works of Mill.