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Mill's Transformational View of Human Nature

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  • Laura Valladão de Mattos

    (Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo - Department of Economics)

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This paper presents a fairly comprehensive account of John Stuart Mill’s conception of human nature. Special emphasis is given to his views on the possibility of transforming mankind. Some features of his view on Psychology and on the role played by institutions in moulding the character of the individuals are discussed, as well as some aspects of his ideal of man. These elements are important to the understanding of Mill’s ‘economic man’, the abstraction upon which he defines the object of political economy, and of his proposals of institutional reform.

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  • Laura Valladão de Mattos, 2005. "Mill's Transformational View of Human Nature," History of Economic Ideas, Fabrizio Serra Editore, Pisa - Roma, vol. 13(3), pages 33-55.
    • Handle: RePEc:hid:journl:v:13:y:2005:3:2:p:33-55
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    1. Emmanoel De Oliveira Boff, 2014. "Governing Economic Life: W. S. Jevons And The Birth Of Liberal Biopolitics In Victorian England," Anais do XLI Encontro Nacional de Economia [Proceedings of the 41st Brazilian Economics Meeting] 015, ANPEC - Associação Nacional dos Centros de Pós-Graduação em Economia [Brazilian Association of Graduate Programs in Economics].

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