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On Representative Government
- Mill, J.S., On Representative Government, LibriVox audiobook, 2013.LibriVox audiobook of J.S. Mill’s On Representative Government.
Autobiography
- Mill, J.S., Autobiography, LibriVox audiobook, 2012.LibriVox recording of Autobiography by John Stuart Mill.
John Stuart Mill: His Life and Works
- Boerst, Bill, John Stuart Mill: His Life and Works, audiobook, 31 August, 2012.From website: This biography is actually a series of essays by prominent personalities of the time that shed light on John Stuart Mill’s life and areas of endeavor. Those areas include his experiences in India House, his moral character, certain… More
The Islamic Politics of John Stuart Mill
- Booth, Marilyn, "The Islamic Politics of John Stuart Mill," lecture delivered at the University of Edinburgh, 19 January, 2012.Professor Marilyn Booth presents her inaugural lecture entitled “The Islamic Politics of John Stuart Mill: Street literature, translation and gender activism in Egypt, circa 2002.” Excerpt: “The discourse on Islamic practices as a basis for… More
Social Structures
- Gendler, Tamar. "Social Foundations" delivered at Yale University, Spring, 2011.A lecture from the Yale course PHIL180: Philosophy and the Science of Human Nature Professor Gendler begins by recapping the topic of state legitimacy and then offers a way of understanding the disagreement between Rawls and Nozick as one over what states… More
The Neoclassical Synthesis of Rights and Utility
- Shapiro, Ian. "The Neoclassical Synthesis of Rights and Utility," lecture delivered at Yale University, Spring, 2010.Lecture 7 in Yale Open Courses PLSC 118: The Moral Foundations of Politics Overview from website: John Stuart Mill’s synthesis rights and utility follows naturally in the vein of neoclassical utilitarianism, and it attempts to compensate for many of the… More
The Individual and Society: How would Mill Define ‘The Common Good?
- Reeves, Richard. "The Individual and Society: How would Mill Define 'The Common Good?" delivered at the Jepson Leadership Forum, September 16, 2009.Mill biographer Richard Reeves discusses liberalism, citizenship, and the common good.
Mill: Utilitarianism and Liberty
- Szelényi, Iván. "Mill: Utilitarianism and Liberty," lecture delivered at Yale University, Fall, 2009.Lecture 8 in Yale Open Courses course SOCY 151: Foundations of Modern Social Theory. From website: John Stuart Mill made important and influential amendments to Bentham’s ideas of utilitarianism. Perhaps most influentially, Mill states that there are… More
The Subjection of Women
- Mill, J.S., On The Subjection of Women, LibriVox audiobook, 2008.LibriVox recording of The Subjection of Women, by John Stuart Mill.
Utilitarianism
- Mill, J. S., Utilitarianism, LibriVox audiobook, March 9, 2008.LibriVox recording of Utilitarianism, by John Stuart Mill. Read by D. E. Wittkower.
In Our Time: Mill
- Bragg, Melvyn. "In Our Time: Mill", radio panel discussion, BBC4, 18 May, 2006.From website: Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the great nineteenth century political philosopher John Stuart Mill. He believed that, ‘The true philosophy is the marriage of poetry and logic’. He was one of the first thinkers to argue that a social… More
Book Discussion on John Stuart Mill: A Biography
- Book Discussion on John Stuart Mill: A Biography, C-Span discussion, March 1, 2004.From C-Span: Mr. Capaldi talked about his book, John Stuart Mill: A Biography, published by Cambridge University Press. Mill, a 19th century British philosopher, wrote extensively on a variety of topics, including politics, economics, morality,… More
Ethics: Mill 1
- Clark, Sam, "Ethics: Mill 1," audiofile of lecture delivered at Lancashire University.From website: Lecture on ethics/moral philosophy. John Stuart Mill’s Utilitarianism. Orienting comparisons between Kant & Mill. Utilitarianism in general as impartial welfare consequentialism. Three accounts of the good life: hedonism,… More
Ethics: Mill 2
- Clark, Sam, "Ethics: Mill 2," audiofile of lecture delivered at Lancashire University.From the website: Lecture on ethics/moral philosophy. Mill’s Utilitarianism chapters 3 and 4 as two kinds of theory of action: motivation (3) and goal/standard of correctness (4). Why Mill’s proof of utilitarianism isn’t as silly as… More
Ethics: Mill 3
- Clark, Sam, "Ethics: Mill 3," audiofile of lecture delivered at Lancashire University.Lecture on ethics/moral philosophy. Mill versus Brave New World: intelligence and free speech as its condition of cultivation; individuality and self-development as its condition of cultivation. The problem of justice and Mill’s response.