On liberty [electronic resource] /
John Stuart Mill ; edited by David Bromwich and George Kateb ; with essays by Jean Bethke Elshtain ... [et al.].
- Yale University Press, c2003.
- 1 online resource (x, 249 p.)
- Rethinking the Western tradition .
- Rethinking the Western tradition. .
Includes bibliographical references (p. [247]-249).
A note on the life and thought of John Stuart Mill / David Bromwich -- A reading of On liberty / George Kateb -- ON LIBERTY [the text by John Stuart Mill]: A note on the text -- Introductory -- On the liberty of thought and discussion -- Of individuality, as one of the elements of well-being -- Of the limits to the authority of society over the individual -- Applications -- RETHINKING ON LIBERTY: A freedom both personal and political / Owen Fiss -- On liberty: a revaluation / Richard A. Posner -- Mill's liberty and the problem of authority / Jean Bethke Elshtain -- Mill as a critic of culture and society / Jeremy Waldron.