James Fitzjames STEPHEN

Liberty, Equality, Fraternity

STEPHEN, James Fitzjames. Liberty, Equality, Fraternity. London, Smith, Elder & Co, 1873
Octavo, publishers brown cloth, inner hinges cracked, foot of spine worn, spine lettered gilt, pp.vi, (2), 350
First edition. Stephen [1829-1894] lawyer and anti-libertarian, this work is a protest Mill’s neo-utilitarianism. He attacks the thesis of J S Mill's essay On Liberty and argues for legal compulsion, coercion and restraint in the interests of morality and religion.

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