Four Essays on Liberty |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 61
Page 13
... means was limited , the proper way of setting about adapting the means to the ends was by the use of all the skill and energy and intellectual and moral insight available . And while some regarded these problems as akin to those of the ...
... means was limited , the proper way of setting about adapting the means to the ends was by the use of all the skill and energy and intellectual and moral insight available . And while some regarded these problems as akin to those of the ...
Page 59
... means ; to attain to knowledge of both is the purpose and function of the sciences . The sciences will advance ; true ends as well as efficient means will be discovered ; knowledge will increase , men will know more , and therefore be ...
... means ; to attain to knowledge of both is the purpose and function of the sciences . The sciences will advance ; true ends as well as efficient means will be discovered ; knowledge will increase , men will know more , and therefore be ...
Page 137
... means the ' slaves ' might be made happier . ' But to manipulate men , to propel them towards goals which you — the social reformer — see , but they may not , is to deny their human essence , to treat them as objects without wills of ...
... means the ' slaves ' might be made happier . ' But to manipulate men , to propel them towards goals which you — the social reformer — see , but they may not , is to deny their human essence , to treat them as objects without wills of ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | ix |
POLITICAL IDEAS IN | 1 |
HISTORICAL INEVITABILITY | 41 |
Copyright | |
2 other sections not shown
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
action acts argument attitude Auguste Comte behaviour believe Bentham causal causes century choice choose civilization claims Comte conceived concepts condemn condition conscious course critics culture degree desire despotism determinism doctrine E. H. Carr economic empirical ends entails Ernest Nagel fact feel forces freedom genuine goal governed happiness Hegel historians human ideal ignorance individual liberty intellectual irrational J. S. Mill John Stuart Mill judgments justice Kant kind laws least less liberal lives logical Marx Marxist means merely metaphysical methods Mill Mill's moral natural sciences negative freedom negative liberty normal notion objective outlook pattern perhaps persons philosophical political positive positive liberty possible praise and blame principle problems psychological question rational reason responsibility rules scientific seek seems sense social society T. H. Green teleological theory things thinkers thought tion true truth understand utilitarian values wholly wish words