論自由

“牛津英文經典”（OxfordWorld’sClassics）為牛津大學出版社百年積澱的精品書系，譯林出版社原版引進。除牛津品牌保證的原著版本之外，每冊書附含名家導讀、作家簡介及年表、詞彙解析、文本註釋、背景知識拓展、同步閲讀導引、版本信息等，特別適合作為大學生和學有餘力的中學生英語學習的必讀材料。導讀者包括牛津和劍橋大學的資深教授、知名學者。整套書選目精良，便攜易讀，實為親近世界級名著的經典讀本。

“牛津英文經典”中的《論自由》相較於市面上的其他版本，具有以下優點：1.版本：本書是牛津大學出版社的精校版本，除《論自由》外，還包含了密爾的其他名篇《功利主義》和《論代議制政府》；2.導讀全面：牛津大學教授馬克?菲利普和倫敦大學學院的弗雷德裏克?羅森教授對全書做了長文導讀，分析了密爾的生平、思想和創作背景；3.註釋詳盡：書中附含近40頁的必要註解，能幫助讀者更好地理解文本。 ^[1] 

Introduction

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A Chronology of John Stuart Mill

ON LIBERTY

I. introductory

II. Of the Liberty of Thought and Discussion

IIIi. Of Individuality, as One of the Elements of Well-Being

IV. Of the Limits to the Authority of Society over the Individual

V. Applications

UTILITARIANISM

I. General Remarks

II. What Utilitarianism is

III. Of the Ultimate Sanction of the Principle of Utility

IV. Of What Sort of Proof the Principle of Utility is Susceptible

V. On the Connection between Justice and Utility

CONSIDERATIONS ON REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT

I. To What Extent Forms of Government are a Matter of Choice

II. The Criterion of a Good Form of Government

III. That the Ideally Best Form of Government is Representative Government

IV. Under What social Conditions Representative Government is Inapplicable

V. Of the Proper Functions of Representative Bodies

VI. Of the Infirmities and Dangers to which Representative Government is Liable

ViI. Of True and False Democracy; Representation of All, and Representation of the Majority Only

VIII. Of the Extension of the Suffrage

IX. Should there be Two Stages of Election?

X. Of the Mode of Voting

XI. Of the Duration of Parliaments

XII. Ought Pledges to be Required from Members of Parliament?

XIII. Of a Second Chamber

XIV. Of the Executive in a Representative Government

XV. Of Local Representative Bodies

XVI. Of Nationality, as Connected with Representative Government

XVII. Of Federal Representative Governments

XVIII. Of the Government of Dependencies by a Free State

THE SUBJECTION OF WOMEN

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IV.

Explanatory Notes

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密爾(1806—1873)　生於英國倫敦，英國哲學家、經濟學家、法學家，古典自由主義的集大成者。自幼在父親的嚴厲管教下受教於英國和法國，為《旅行者》、《編年史早報》、《威斯敏斯特評論》、《法學家》等刊物撰稿，後主編《倫敦評論》。在此期間的著述被收入《論文集》(1859)。密爾主要著作有《邏輯方法》(1843)、《政治經濟學原理》(1848)、《論自由》(1859)、《代議制政府》(1861)等。 ^[1]