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As one of the most influential books of the 19th century, 'Socialism' by John Stuart Mill changed the shape of political discourse around the world. This book is set at the intersection of social order and individual liberty, with political and economic ideas analyzed against a backdrop of social theory. Mill was a proponent of utilitarianism -- an ethical theory developed by Jeremy Bentham that contributed greatly to the scientific method. In this title, Mill put forward a conception of personal freedom in opposition to unlimited state and social control. 'Socialism' has fresh import due to the persistence of social and economic injustice around the world. As one of liberalism's most strident defenders, Mill advocates fundamental principles of humanism without dismissing socialist forms of economic organization.In a modern world that simplifies the complex relationship between individual liberty and collective growth, this book is a powerful reminder that freedom and socialism are not mutually exclusive. As the self-corrective properties of the market continue to break down, 'Socialism' is more relevant than ever before.

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Is socialism desirable? Is it even possible? In this concise book, one of the world's leading political philosophers presents with clarity and wit a compelling moral case for socialism and argues that the obstacles in its way are exaggerated. There are times, G. A. Cohen notes, when we all behave like socialists. On a camping trip, for example, campers wouldn't dream of charging each other to use a soccer ball or for fish that they happened to catch. Campers do not give merely to get, but relate to each other in a spirit of equality and community. Would such socialist norms be desirable across society as a whole? Why not? Whole societies may differ from camping trips, but it is still attractive when people treat each other with the equal regard that such trips exhibit. But, however desirable it may be, many claim that socialism is impossible. Cohen writes that the biggest obstacle to socialism isn't, as often argued, intractable human selfishness--it's rather the lack of obvious means to harness the human generosity that is there. Lacking those means, we rely on the market. But there are many ways of confining the sway of the market: there are desirable changes that can move us toward a socialist society in which, to "e Albert Einstein, humanity has "overcome and advanced beyond the predatory stage of human development."

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