詹姆士·密尔政治著作选

出版时间：2003-5  出版社：中国政法大学出版社  作者：詹姆士·密尔  页数：317  
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内容概要

　　For helping me to understand the meaning of Mill's political writings I am much indebted to Isaiah Berlin， the late John Dinwiddy， Knud Haakonsen， Douglas Long， the late John Rees， Alan Ryan， Donald Winch， and William Thomas. I am also grateful to Donald Winch， William Thomas， Quentin Skinner， and Raymond Geuss for their detailed and very helpful comments on the introduction， and to Richard Fisher of the Cambridge University Press for his tact and patience.

作者简介

作者：(英国)詹姆士·密尔 (JAMESMill)

书籍目录

PrefaceIntroductionChronologyBibliographical noteBiographical synopsesA note on sourcesGovernmentJurisprudenceLiberty of the PressEducationPrisons and Prison DisciplineThe Ballot...

章节摘录

　　When the education is so wisely conducted as to make the train run habitually from the conception of the good end to the conception of the good means; and as often， too， as the good means are conceived，viz. the useful and beneficial qualities， to make the train run on to the conception of the great reward， the command over the wills of men; an association is formed which impels the man through life to pursue the great object of desire， fitting himself to be， and by actually becoming， the instrument of the greatest possible benefit to his fellow men.　　But， unhappily， a command over the wills of men may be obtained by other means than by doing them good; and these， when a man can command them， are the shortest， the easiest， and the most effectual. These other means are all summed up in a command over the pains of other men. When a command over the wills of other men is pursued by the instrumentality of pain， it leads to all the several degrees of vexation， injustice， cruelty， oppression， and tyranny. It is， in truth， the grand source of all wickedness， of all the evil which man brings upon man. When the education is so deplorably bad as to allow an association to be formed in the mind of the child between the grand object of desire， the command over the wills of other men， and the fears and pains of other men， as the means; the foundation is laid of the bad character， - the bad son， the bad brother， the bad husband， the bad father， the bad neighbour， the bad magistrate， the bad citizen， - to sum up allin one word， the bad man. Yet， true， it is， a great part of education is still so conducted as to form that association. The child， while it yet hangs at the breast， is often allowed to find out by experience， that crying， and the annoyance which it gives， is that by which chiefly it can command the services ofits nurse， and obtain the pleasures which it desires. There is not one child in fifty， who has not learned to make its cries and wailings an instrument of power; very often they are an instrument of absolute tyranny. When the evil grows to excess， the vulgar say the child is spoiled. Not only is the child allowed to exert an influence over the wills of others， by means of their pains; it finds， that frequently， sometimes most frequently， its own will is needlessly and unduly commanded by the same means， pain， and the fear ofpain. All these sensations concur in establishing a firm association between the idea of the grand object of desire， command over the acts of other men， and the idea of pain and terror， as the means of acquiring it.　　……