Quality and Competence: An Analysis of the Role of Mill's Qualitative Hedonism on his Conception of Representative Democracy

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dc.contributor.authorMiller, J. Josephen
dc.contributor.committeechairCroskery, Patrick T.en
dc.contributor.committeememberWhite, Stephen K.en
dc.contributor.committeememberChristman, John P.en
dc.contributor.departmentPhilosophyen
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-14T20:51:10Zen
dc.date.adate1997-04-15en
dc.date.available2014-03-14T20:51:10Zen
dc.date.issued1997-04-15en
dc.date.rdate1998-04-15en
dc.date.sdate1998-07-19en
dc.description.abstractTraditionally, John Stuart Mill has been described as a transitional thinker who fails to fully understand the values he espouses. Critics contend that he cannot simultaneously espouse both utility maximization and the protection of individual choice-making as a non-trumpable value. Like his moral philosophy, Mill’s political thought is also rejected for interspersing, seemingly at random, elements of utilitarianism with concerns about respecting individual choice-making. More recent attempts to bring Mill’s commitment to utilitarianism into line with his respect for individual choice-making are not wholly successful. In this thesis, I offer an interpretation of Mill’s moral philosophy which reconciles the tension between utility maximization and respect for individual choice-making as a non-trumpable value. In addition, I argue that my interpretation of Mill’s moral philosophy also allows us to interpret his political thought.en
dc.description.degreeMaster of Artsen
dc.identifier.otheretd-2847102939721181en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-2847102939721181/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/36581en
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
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dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectJohn Stuart Millen
dc.subjectutilitarianismen
dc.subjectindividual choice-makingen
dc.subjectcompetenceen
dc.subjectparticipationen
dc.subjectrepresentative democracyen
dc.titleQuality and Competence: An Analysis of the Role of Mill's Qualitative Hedonism on his Conception of Representative Democracyen
dc.typeThesisen
thesis.degree.disciplinePhilosophyen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.levelmastersen
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Artsen

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