Of all philosophers concerned with moral issues, Mill might seem to be the one for whom this issue would prove the greatest challenge. It is remarkable that Mill’s work contains no discussion of the ethical issues in suicide. Mill’s works also include Thoughts on Parliamentary Reform (1859), Utilitarianism (appeared 1861 in Fraser’s Magazine, and as a book in 1863), The Subjection of Women (1869), and Autobiography, composed in the 1850’s, revised in the 1860’s, and published in the year of his death, 1873. Harriet Taylor, became his wife in 1851 Mill credits her with extensive influence, indeed virtual co-authorship, in much of his writing, especially their “joint production” On Liberty (1859).
His longtime companion and literary collaborator, Mrs. A member of Parliament from 1865–1868, he was, famously, the first person in its history to call for women to be given the right to vote. He was a campaigner for women’s suffrage. After his father’s death, he served from 1836–1856 in charge of relations with native states in India, and retired with a pension when the East India Company was dissolved in 1858. By the age of 20, he was known as a foremost proponent of Utilitarianism.
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The son was a brilliant student with extensive interests in French literature, social conditions, and economic and political theory, but he abandoned his early intention to enter law and instead took a series of positions with his father at the East India Company. According to his belief that the mind is a blank sheet at birth, upon which anything may be recorded, James Mill brought up his son with a strict, rigorous, and intricate education beginning with Greek at the age of three. His father, James Mill, was a philosopher who had strong ties to Jeremy Bentham and David Ricardo, and was himself a strict proponent of the utilitarian philosophy. The British economist and philosopher John Stuart Mill was born in Pentonville, London.
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