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1. 'Recent work on the concept of rights' / Rex Martin and James W. Nickel (1980) -- 2. 'In defense of moral rights' / Joel Feinberg (1992) -- 3. 'On the nature of rights' / J. Raz (1984) -- 4. 'Are there any natural rights?' / H.L.A. Hart (1955) -- 5. 'Rights, claimants, and beneficiaries' / David Lyons (1969) -- 6. 'Two concepts of rights' / Phillip Montague (1980) -- 7. 'A right to do wrong' / Jeremy Waldron (1981) -- 8. 'Rights in conflict' / Jeremy Waldron (1989) -- 9. 'Conflicts of rights : typology, methodology, and nonconsequentialism' / F.M. Kamm (2001) -- 10. 'Natural rights : Bentham and John Stuart Mill' / H.L.A. Hart (1982) -- 11. 'Rights, goals, and fairness' / T.M. Scanlon (1977) -- 12. 'Is there a right to pornography' / Ronald Dworkin (1981) -- 13. 'A defense of rights to well-being' / Rodney Peffer (1978) -- 14. 'Between utility and rights' / H.L.A. Hart (1979) -- 15. 'What's so special about rights?' / Allen Buchanan (1984) -- 16. 'Against rights' / Richard J. Arneson (2001) -- 17. 'Group rights and group oppression' / Peter Jones (1999) -- 18. 'The good, the bad, and the intolerable' / Will Kymlicka (1996) -- 19. 'Liberal rights or/and Confucian virtues?' / Seung-hwan Lee (1996) -- 20. '"Asian Values" and global human rights' / Fred Dallmayr (2002) -- 21. 'A world consensus on human rights?' / Charles Taylor (1996) -- 22. 'Minimalism about human rights : the most we can hope for?' / Joshua Cohen (2004).

John Stuart Mill's essay On Liberty, published in 1859, has had a powerful impact on philosophical and political debates ever since its first appearance. This volume of essays covers the whole range of problems raised in and by the essay, including the concept of liberty, the toleration of diversity, freedom of expression, the value of allowing 'experiments in living', the basis of individual liberty, multiculturalism and the claims of minority cultural groups. Mill's views have been fiercely contested, and they are at the centre of many contemporary debates. The essays are by leading scholars, who systematically and eloquently explore Mill's views from various perspectives. The volume will appeal to a wide range of readers including those interested in political philosophy and the history of ideas

1. The early utilitarians : Bentham and James Mill / G.L. Williams -- 2. Whewell's philosophy of science and ethics / Struan Jacobs -- 3. J.S. Mill : ethics and politics / R.F. Khan -- 4. J.S. Mill : logic and metaphysics / John Skorupski -- 5. Sidgwick / C.A.J. Coady -- 6. Comte and positivism / Robert Brown -- 7. Nietzsche / Robin Small -- 8. Dilthey / Michael Lessnoff -- 9. Logic and the philosophy of mathematics in the nineteenth century / John Stillwell -- 10. Philosophy of biology in the nineteenth century / Jagdish Hattiangadi -- 11. The separation of psychology from philosophy : studies in the sciences of mind 1815-1879 / Edward S. Reed -- 12. American pragmatism : Peirce / Cheryl Misak -- 13. American pragmatism : James / J.E. Tiles -- 14. Green, Bosanquet and the philosophy of coherence / Gerald F. Gaus -- 15. Bradley / T.L.S. Sprigge.

One dark and rainy night, Yuso sexually assaults and tortures Zelan. In escaping from the scene of his crime, he falls heavily and becomes an impotent paraplegic. Instead of treating his fate as divine retribution for his wicked acts, Yuso sees it as sheer bad luck. He shows no remorse for what he has done, and vainly hopes that he will recover his powers, which he now treats as involuntarily hoarded resources to be used on less rainy days. In the presence of others, he pretends that he has turned over a new leaf. He asks for religious and educational books, hoping (he tells everyone) to make up for his poor education and deprived social background. But he immediately discards them when he is alone in favor of the pornographic magazines which he has bribed a nurse to smuggle in for him. His deception and various obscene acts committed in the hospital are exposed; by the time he comes up for trial, everyone knows that he is still a lustful, sadistic, and unrepentant man.Most retributivists have a sufficient justification for punishing Yuso independently of the social consequences of his punishment. Two features of the case might cause some difficulties. First, Yuso has already experienced considerable suffering and deprivation both before and after his crime, and retributivists might disagree about the relevance of the suffering to his punishment. Secondly, Yuso is unrepentant, and it is unlikely that punishment will change him. This might, as we shall see, create a problem for those who think that the justifying aim of punishment is the moral reform of the offender.