On Liberty and Other Writings

This Norton Critical Edition includes:

• Three major essays—On Liberty (1859), Utilitarianism (1861), and The Subjection of Women (1869)—that illustrate Mill’s liberal political philosophy at the height of his powers.
• Editorial matter—including a richly detailed introduction—by Nadia Urbinati.
• Nine major commentaries—by Alan Ryan, Jonathan Riley, Piers Norris Turner, Wendy Donner, Elizabeth Anderson, Colin Heydt, David Dyzenhaus, Martha Nussbaum, and Georgios Varouxakis—that address the major themes of Mill’s philosophy.
• A chronology, a selected bibliography, and an index.