

John Stuart Mill (1806 - 1873) was een Engels filosoof en econoom. Hij was een voorstander van het utilitarisme, de ethische theorie die voorgesteld werd door zijn peetoom Jeremy Bentham.
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John Stuart Mill is one of the few indisputably "classic" authors in the history of political thought. "On Liberty", first published in 1859, has become celebrated as the most powerful defence of the freedom of the individual, and it is now widely regarded as the most important theoretical foundation for Liberalism as a political creed.