John Stuart Mill's book Utilitarianism is one of the most influential and widely-read philosophical defenses of utilitarianism in ethics. The essay first appeared as a series of three articles published in Fraser's Magazine in...
Representative government and representation
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Auteur:Cardinal, Linda, Grammond, Sébastien, Béland, Daniel, Lecours, AndréSommaire:Cet ouvrage montre de façon éloquente le rôle du Sénat dans la représentation politique des communautés francophones et acadienne du Canada (CFC). Les CFC ont droit à une représentation au Sénat qui découle d'une convention...
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Auteur:Swift, RichardSommaire:In this updated edition of the No-Nonsense Guide to Democracy, Richard Swift explores how democracy has been constricted and deformed by economic power-brokers and a self-serving political class from Birmingham to Bangalore. The book...
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Auteur:Koop, Royce, Bastedo, Heather, Blidook, KellySommaire:Canadian members of Parliament (MPs) are often dismissed as “trained seals,” helpless to do anything other than take commands from party leaders. Representation in Action challenges this view of MPs and shows that the ways they...
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Auteur:Mill, John StuartSommaire:A highly influential philosophical work of the Victorian era, John Stuart Mill’s book promotes the application of utilitarianism, an ethical system based on maximizing overall well-being and happiness, to society and government. But...
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Considerations on Representative Government is a book by John Stuart Mill published in 1861. As the title suggests, it is an argument for representative government, the ideal form of government in Mill's opinion.
