John Stuart Mills

Issaiah Slate 4/02/2002 John Stuart Mills John Stuart Mill was one of the most well regarded and widely renowned philosophers and economists in history. He was considered a philosophical genius by the age of 20, and was mainly taught only by his father. His father believed that he should be educated and be taught many different languages and philosophies to become a well-rounded individual. When he had to end his studies early in life because of a …

…it certainly was not exactly ethically fit, fearing that public opinion could become a sort of tyrannical mob majority suppressing all else if society's moral character was not improved. Therefore, he advocated limits on the legitimate interference of the collective will upon the individual would. He also held a belief that classic liberalism and utilitarianism did not cover enough, advocating radical progressive reforms in such areas as state action, suffrage, compulsory education, and social control.