R. H. Tawney vs. John Stuart Mill
Side-by-side comparison of two thinkers
R. H. Tawney
1880 – 1962
Richard Henry Tawney was an English economic historian, social critic, ethical socialist, Christian socialist, and important proponent of adult education. The Oxford Companion to British History (1997) explained that Tawney made a "significant impact" in these "interrelated roles". A.
"Defined by its purpose, its main aim is not to impart the specialized technique of any particular trade or profession, but to develop the faculties which, becau…"
John Stuart Mill
1806 – 1873
John Stuart Mill was an English philosopher, political economist, politician and civil servant. One of the most influential thinkers in the history of liberalism and social liberalism, he contributed widely to social theory, political theory, and political economy. Dubbed "the most influential English-speaking philosopher of the nineteenth century" by the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, he conceived of liberty as justifying the freedom of the individual in opposition to unlimited state and social control.
"It might be plausibly maintained, that in almost every one of the leading controversies, past or present, in social philosophy, both sides were in the right in …"
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