Liberty, Equality, Fraternity

R. J. White's 1967 edition of Liberty, Equality, Fraternity made Fitzjames Stephen's classic available for the first time since 1914.

James Fitzjames Stephen (Author), R. J. White (Edited by)

9780521180825, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 17 February 2011

300 pages
21.6 x 14 x 1.7 cm, 0.38 kg

R. J. White's edition, which was originally published in 1967, made Fitzjames Stephen's classic available for the first time since 1914. The editor made use of the 1874 second edition which included Stephen's notes in reply to his original critics. Stephen's work is written as a systematic denunciation of John Stuart Mill's political thought. It is thus of great importance in the history of Utilitarianism, and also as the most forthright and systematic of the Victorian attacks on democracy. Stephen's work is also important for its repudiation of the progressive attitudes to religion and morality characteristic of the Comptist philosophy which had attracted Mill. Stephen's aim was to show that 'no room is left for the order of ideas hinted at by the phrase 'Liberty, Equality, Fraternity''. He argues his case with legal precision and considerable rhetorical powers.

Frontispiece: James Fitzjames Stephen
Editor's introduction
Bibliography and bibliographical note
Editor's acknowledgements
Notes on abbreviations and footnotes
Title-page of the second edition
Dedicatory letter
Preface to the second edition
1. The doctrine of liberty in general
2. The liberty of thought and discussion
3. The distinction between the temporal and spiritual power
4. The doctrine of liberty in its application to morals
5. Equality
4. Fraternity
7. Conclusion
Note on Utilitarianism
General index
Index of subjects and statements.

Subject Areas: Politics & government [JP]