HIST 384- Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 70 pages long!)

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Important in the move to british liberal economy. Feminist: subjection of women was both wrong and bad for society. Scottish schools can be a good way to get education if you cant go to. Actions should be evaluated using a calculus of pleasure vs. pain. Doesn"t matter what happens to body after death. (cid:498)panopticon(cid:499): prisons to remake their prisoners by having them think they"re being watched at all times penal reform. Thought his parents didn"t have a good marriage. Child was a blank slate to be influenced by education. He emerged from depression by acknowledging the limits of utilitarianism. Tried to situate himself b/w whigs and radicals. Helped his father with his philosophy at age 8. He was studying political economy at age 13. Followed his father into the circle of philosophical radicals. Then he had to oversee his other sibling"s education. She stayed married but pursued a (cid:498)platonic(cid:499) relationship with mill.