Perfect Equality

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Maria Morales's arguments for her claim that the substantive value of 'perfect equality' is central to Mill's moral and political philosophy and her analysis of Mill's egalitarianism in ^RThe Subjection of Women^I are illuminating and insightful. They merit serious consideration. -- Wendy Donner, Carleton University very good indeed . . . a refreshingly new and important reading of J.S. Mill . . . For those of us who have all too often dismissed Mill's work as fundamentally elitist, individualistic and ultimately even incoherent, Morales' work will come as a pleasant surprise . . . the book illuminates profound aspects of Mill's thought which have always been there before our eyes, but never recognized before. -- Sibyl A. Schwarzenbach, The City University of New York Perfect Equality is an compact, egaging, and inventive book. -- Susan Bickford, Cornell University * Ethics: An International Journal of Social, Political, and Legal Philosophy, January 1998 * Maria Morales offers a distinctive and illuminating reading of Mill's practical philosophy. It is most welcome to have a sustained and interesting interpretation which brings this work into the center of his moral and political thought. Morales's powerful critiques of the superficial and misdirected communitarian objections to some forms of liberalism are also welcome. -- Wendy Donner, Carleton University * The Philosophical Review, Vol. 107, No. 2 (April 1998) * The great strength of this book is its novel interpretation of Mill, which places his conception of perfect equality . . . at the center of his moral and political philosophy . . . Perfect Equality represents a strong contribution to Mill scholarship. -- Elizabeth S. Anderson, University of Michigan