John Stuart Mill

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First published in 1991, this book attempts to deal with Mill�s thought as a coherent system and tie some elements of his thoughts together. It seeks to show that he developed a set of ethical principles to underlie government intervention and provide a theory as to how it should intervene � which he then applied to practical politics. The first chapters deal with Mill�s doctrine of improvement and what impact the improvement of man has on the social organisation of society. The third chapter deals with Mill�s theory of economic development. The second part of the book deals with policy issues such as the question of the optimal constitution and Mill�s policy proposals for England.