Mill versus liberty: a review of Linda C. Raeder's John Stuart Mill and the Religion of Humanity.(Critical Essay)

From: The American Journal of Economics and Sociology | Date: April 1, 2005| Author: Waterman, A.M.C. | Copyright information

Professor Waterman now reviews Linda C. Raeder's John Stuart Mill and the Religion of Humanity (2002).

Mill's doctrine was liberal: but his liberalism was neither comprehensive nor libertarian: it attempted dogmatically to erode the assumptions on which competing doctrines were based. One competing doctrine was Christianity: in Mill's hands, Liberalism was not compatible with it. Liberalism, no less than Marxism, is intolerant of competition: jealousy, and a carefully disguised int...

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