![]() He was also keenly aware that worthwhile political pursuits could run into conflict.Ĭonflicts between equality and other objectives were much discussed by his contemporaries. However, equality was not the only social goal he promoted. “I look upon inequality as in itself always an evil,” he wrote to Arthur Helps in 1847, and therefore he could “not agree with any one who would use the machinery of society for the purpose of promoting it” (Mill 1847b: 2002 cf. Although he did not write a systematic treatise on equality, he discussed it extensively in his writings on economics, women’s rights, racism and slavery. It is less well known that he was also an ardent proponent of equality. ![]() ![]() ![]() John Stuart Mill is rightly known as a champion of human liberty. ![]()
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