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John Stuart Mill and the Art of Life Ben Eggleston (Professor of Philosophy, Professor of Philosophy, University of Kansas)

John Stuart Mill and the Art of Life By Ben Eggleston (Professor of Philosophy, Professor of Philosophy, University of Kansas)

John Stuart Mill and the Art of Life by Ben Eggleston (Professor of Philosophy, Professor of Philosophy, University of Kansas)


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The 'Art of Life' is John Stuart Mill's name for his account of practical reason. In this volume, eleven leading scholars elucidate this fundamental, but widely neglected, element of Mill's thought.

John Stuart Mill and the Art of Life Summary

John Stuart Mill and the Art of Life by Ben Eggleston (Professor of Philosophy, Professor of Philosophy, University of Kansas)

The 'Art of Life' is John Stuart Mill's name for his account of practical reason. In this volume, eleven leading scholars elucidate this fundamental, but widely neglected, element of Mill's thought. Mill divides the Art of Life into three 'departments': 'Morality, Prudence or Policy, and sthetics'. In the volume's first section, Rex Martin, David Weinstein, Ben Eggleston, and Dale E. Miller investigate the relation between the departments of morality and prudence. Their papers ask whether Mill is a rule utilitarian and, if so, whether his practical philosophy must be incoherent. The second section contains papers by Jonathan Riley and Wendy Donner, who explore the relation between the departments of morality and aesthetics. They discuss issues ranging from supererogation to aesthetic pleasure and humanity's relationship with nature. The papers in the third section consider the Art of Life's axiological first principle, the principle of utility. Elijah Millgram contends that Mill's own life refutes his claim that the Art of Life has a single axiological first principle. Philip Kitcher maintains that Mill has a dynamic axiology requiring us to continually refine our conception of the good. In the final section, three papers address what it means to put the Art of Life into practice. Robert Haraldsson locates an 'Art of Ethics' in On Liberty that is in tension with the Art of Life. Nadia Urbinati plumbs the classical roots of Mill's view of the good life. Finally, Colin Heydt develops Mill's suggestion that we regard our own lives as works of art.

John Stuart Mill and the Art of Life Reviews

Any scholar working on Mill's practical philosophy will be interested in a number of these papers. * Notre Dame Philosophical Review *

About Ben Eggleston (Professor of Philosophy, Professor of Philosophy, University of Kansas)

Ben Eggleston: Philosophy, University of Kansas. Dale Miller: Philosophy, Old Dominion University; DW: Political Science, Wake Forest University

Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION; SECTION ONE; SECTION TWO; SECTION THREE

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NPB9780195381245
9780195381245
0195381246
John Stuart Mill and the Art of Life by Ben Eggleston (Professor of Philosophy, Professor of Philosophy, University of Kansas)
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Oxford University Press Inc
2010-12-23
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