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1、`Ifallmankindminusonewereofoneopinion,andonlyonepersonwereofthecontraryopinion,mankindwouldbenomorejusti®edinsilencingthatoneperson,thanhe,ifhehadthepower,wouldbejusti®edinsilencingmankind.'JohnStuartMill,OnLiberty`WhyReadMillToday?isaphilosophicalgem.JohnSkor
2、upskianswersthequestionofhistitlebrie¯y,clearly,andpersuasively.Moreremarkablystill,heanswersitinawaythatilluminatesMillforthereaderwhohasneverreadhim,andyetshouldinterestscholarswhoknowMillwell.'PeterSinger,PrincetonUniversity`JohnSkorupskibrilliantlydescribe
3、sMill'splaceinthegreatsweepofideasfromthenineteenthcenturyuntilthepresentday,leavingthereaderinnodoubtastoMill'scontinuinghugesigni®cance.Thisisanengaging,accessible,andexcitingbook,whichanyoneseriouslyinterestedinethics,politics,andthehistoryofideasshouldread
4、.'RogerCrisp,StAnne'sCollege,Oxford`JohnSkorupskiisoneoftheleadingscholarsofMillandnineteenthcenturyphilosophy.WhyReadMillToday?isamarvellouslyconcise,accessible,andengagingdiscussionofthemoralandpoliticalphilosophyofJohnStuartMill,onewhichbothsituatesMill'svi
5、ewsintheirhistoricalcontextandprobestheircontinuingsigni®cance.'DavidBrink,UniversityofCalifornia,SanDiegoWhyReadMillToday?ÐÐШÐÐÐJohnStuartMillisoneofthegreatestthinkersofthenineteenthcentury.Butdoeshehaveanythingtoteachustoday?Hisdeepconcernforfreedomofthe
6、individualisthoughtbysometobeoutdatedandinadequatetotheculturalandreligiouscomplexitiesoflifeinthetwenty-®rstcentury.Inthissuccinctandshrewdbook,JohnSkorupskiarguesthatMillisaprofoundandinspiringsocialandpoliticalthinkerfromwhomwestillhavemuchtolearn.Here¯ects
7、onMill'scentralargumentsinhismostfamousworks,includingUtilitarianismandOnLiberty,andtracestheirimplicationsfordemocraticpolitics.Withtheuseoftopicalandcontroversialexamples,includingprivacy,religiousintolerance,andfreedomofspeech,hemakesMill'sconcernsourownata
8、timewhenwhatliberalismmeans,andwhyitmatters,isonceagainindispute.HeconcludesthatMill'splaceinthepantheonof`greatthinkers'restsnotonlyonhisspeci®cpoliticalandsocialdoctrines,butabov
