SOAN 2112 Lecture 3: Taylor and Mill

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Sociology and Anthropology
• Course: SOAN 2112
• Professor: Linda Hunter

Document Summary

Jan 25- harriet taylor and john stuart mill. Taylor and mill were unitarians- politically liberal: greatest good for the greatest number, all moral action should be directed toward the general good. Both sympathetic to many causes- animal rights. Aim of their discussion was how to think not what to think- taylor. Mill wrote of the ancient greeks: socrates way of thinking- always questioning. Taylor discussed marriage: given credit by mill on her writing and thoughts on marriage. Taylor influenced mill on the subjection of women. Mill(cid:859)s (cid:449)ork (cid:449)as also i(cid:374)flue(cid:374)(cid:272)ed (cid:271)(cid:455) ta(cid:455)lors (cid:449)ork. Also ta(cid:455)lor(cid:859)s arti(cid:272)le o(cid:374) di(cid:448)ersit(cid:455) i(cid:374)flue(cid:374)(cid:272)ed on liberty. The e(cid:373)a(cid:374)(cid:272)ipatio(cid:374) of (cid:449)o(cid:373)e(cid:374) a(cid:374)d the e(cid:374)ha(cid:374)(cid:272)e(cid:373)e(cid:374)t of li(cid:271)ert(cid:455) for all ho(cid:449) to free the many without repressing the extraordinary. Harriet(cid:859)s daughter hele(cid:374) orga(cid:374)ized the so(cid:272)iet(cid:455) for the represe(cid:374)tatio(cid:374) of (cid:449)o(cid:373)e(cid:374) Mill claimed harriet was the sole author of dissertations and discussions and the joint author of principles of political economy and on liberty.