J S MILL QUESTIONS

1.      Briefly state the main arguments in J S Mill’s essay on liberty

2.  What was J. S Mill’s main argument on his work titled the subjection of women published in 1869.

3.      Why is the”liberty of the Press” very important for J. S Mill?

4.  What is the evil inherent in silencing the expression of an opinion?

5.      State the outcome when the right opinion is stifled

6.  State the outcome when the wrong opinion is stifled.

7.      Why is suppressing an opinion deemed evil by J S Mill?

8.  What responsibilities does J S Mill impose on governments and individuals regarding opinions?

9.      How does J S Mill term those who are sure about their opinions but fail to act or shrink from acting on them?

10.  What conditions justify us in assuming the truth of our opinion for the purposes of action?

11.  State the strength and value of human judgment.

12. Why should we put confidence in human judgment?

13.  According to J S Mill under what condition can one acquire the right to think that his judgment is better than that of a person or multitude? (4 )

14. Which group of people does J S Mill refer to as a collection of few wise and many foolish individuals?

15.  Explain what J S Mill meant by stating that “ the usefulness of an opinion is itself a matter of opinion”

16.  What constitute a part of the utility of an opinion?

17.  What is an assumption of infallibility?

18. What happens when we have “revolution of opinion?

19.  According to J S Mill, what is a healthy state of political life

20. Under what conditions would the elements that engender the healthy political life as noted in question 19 obtain their due?

21.  State why J S Mill is of the view that Christianity is a religion of passive obedience

22. According to J S Mill what is the likely outcome of discarding secular standards for Christian ethics.

23.  How can moral regeneration be engineered?

24. What does the well being of mankind depends upon?

25.  How should opinion determine its verdict?

26. What does J S Mill term the “real morality of public discussion”?

27.  What is the virtue of human beings?

28. What constitutes one of the chief hindrances to human development?

29.   What does J S Mill suggest should replace these hindrances to improvement?

30. Why does J S Mill deplore the existing relationship between the sexes?

31.  Why is the rule of men over women different from other historical notions of bondage?

32. J S Mill identifies 3 key factors that have sustained the dominance of the male over the female in social relations. State these factors.

33.  Briefly state J S Mill’s perception of the family?

34. What does J S Mill expect the family to be?

35.  What does J S Mill perceive as the most suitable division of labour between husband and wife?

36. How can the dignity of women be enhanced in the family?