NANTAI NVERSTES HISTORY OF POLITICAL THOUGHT ktisadi dari

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NİŞANTAŞI ÜNİVERSİTESİ HISTORY OF POLITICAL THOUGHT İktisadi, İdari ve Sosyal Bilimler Fakültesi iisbf. nisantasi.

NİŞANTAŞI ÜNİVERSİTESİ HISTORY OF POLITICAL THOUGHT İktisadi, İdari ve Sosyal Bilimler Fakültesi iisbf. nisantasi. edu. tr NİŞANTAŞI ÜNİVERSİTESİ ©

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Basic Work of JS Mill addressed the issue of justice in his work On

Basic Work of JS Mill addressed the issue of justice in his work On Liberty published in 1859. He began the essay by asserting that the subject was not the so- called liberty of the will, but civil or social liberties which focus on the nature and limits of the power which can be legitimately exercised by the society over the individual. Here, he traced the history of struggle between rulers and ruled and suggests that social rather than political tyranny is greater danger for modern, commercial nations like Britain. This social “tyranny of the majority (a phrase borrowed from Tocqueville), arises from the enforcement of rules of conduct that are both arbitrary and strongly adhered to. NİŞANTAŞI ÜNİVERSİTESİ ©

Mill further contends that a convincing criterion of a good form of government depends

Mill further contends that a convincing criterion of a good form of government depends on the qualities of the human members composing the society, over which the government is exercised. Such qualities as virtue and intelligence are extolled over selfishness, ignorance, stupidity and prejudice. From this, Mill contends that the best government is one which fosters the sum of the virtue and intelligence of the people it governs individually and collectively. This criterion is also expected to extend to the structure and composition of the machineries of government. NİŞANTAŞI ÜNİVERSİTESİ ©

J S Mill was concerned with the nature of constraints which the society can

J S Mill was concerned with the nature of constraints which the society can legitimately exercise over the individual. It is his view that the individual is sovereign over himself and should only be restrained to prevent harm upon others. It is his view that good government can be assessed through the quality of its individual members. NİŞANTAŞI ÜNİVERSİTESİ ©