Contemporary commentators on J.S. MILL’S account of women's socio-political issues

This article is purported to show that most of J.S. Mill’s contemporary commentators failed to situate his account of women’s issues in the broder context of his political thought. In view of this, they did not see the fact that Mill supported institutional changes in order to enfranchise women and...

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Main Authors: Átila Amaral Brilhante, Francisco José Sales Rocha
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina 2015-08-01
Series:Ethic@: an International Journal for Moral Philosophy
Online Access:https://periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/ethic/article/view/35562
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description This article is purported to show that most of J.S. Mill’s contemporary commentators failed to situate his account of women’s issues in the broder context of his political thought. In view of this, they did not see the fact that Mill supported institutional changes in order to enfranchise women and allow married women to own property and benefit from higher education, on the grounds that such changes were important in transforming marriage into a relationship between equals based on friendship and cooperation. This would cause families to become the main locus of education for citizenship and renew societies by maximizing the poll of intelectual resources available with women in public life and render them directly resposible for their choice before society. Thus, accountability is at the haert of Mill’s account of women’s socio-political  issues.
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spelling doaj-art-39513ec678014ca088bfefc507f40fd82025-08-20T02:40:36ZengUniversidade Federal de Santa CatarinaEthic@: an International Journal for Moral Philosophy1677-29542015-08-0114110.5007/1677-2954.2015v14n1p12824239Contemporary commentators on J.S. MILL’S account of women's socio-political issuesÁtila Amaral Brilhante0Francisco José Sales Rocha1Universidade Federal do Ceará(UFC)/Curso de Filosofia-ICAUniversidade Federal do Ceará (UFC)/Curso de Economia-DEA This article is purported to show that most of J.S. Mill’s contemporary commentators failed to situate his account of women’s issues in the broder context of his political thought. In view of this, they did not see the fact that Mill supported institutional changes in order to enfranchise women and allow married women to own property and benefit from higher education, on the grounds that such changes were important in transforming marriage into a relationship between equals based on friendship and cooperation. This would cause families to become the main locus of education for citizenship and renew societies by maximizing the poll of intelectual resources available with women in public life and render them directly resposible for their choice before society. Thus, accountability is at the haert of Mill’s account of women’s socio-political  issues. https://periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/ethic/article/view/35562
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