PSC 205 Lecture 12: Mill in India
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Locke"s system of securing property rights is the first aim of government : believed that they had universal validity, didn"t think indians needed to be involved in government, just rational principles. A competing principle: some administrators thought it was crucial to govern based on local institutions and customs, specifically thomas murrow, belief that institutions should meet customary needs over time and not demands of abstract theories. Js mill begins to believe this ideal based off of the idea that local politics and dynamics matter. Bahirwattia should be handled by tribal chiefs through the courts and that the british should not intervene: other agents suggested harsh punishment in masse, mill was highly critical. The younger mill was still committed to utilitarian goals. He believed that good government meant declining violence and an increasing use of judicial means for the redress of grievances, and he saw the level of bahirwattia as a litmus test of good government.
