Utilitarianism and Empire

Bart Schultz is Fellow and Lecturer in the Humanities Division and Humanities Collegiate Division, and Special Programs Coordinator in the Graham School of General Studies, at the University of Chicago. He is also the winner of the Jacques Barzun Prize in Cultural History, in recognition of his book Henry Sidgwick - The Eye of the Universe: An Intellectual Biography (Cambridge University Press, 2004). Georgios Varouxakis is Senior Lecturer in the History Department of Queen Mary, University of London.

• Chapter 1 IntroductionChapter 2 Jeremy Bentham on Slavery and the Slave TradeChapter 3 Jeremy Bentham: Legislator of the WorldChapter 4 James Mill's The History of British India: The Question of Utilitarianism and EmpireChapter 5 Mill on Happiness: The Enduring Value of a Complex CritiqueChapter 6 Liberalism's Limits: Carlyle and Mill on "The Negro Question"Chapter 7 Empire, Race, and Euro-centrism: John Stewart Mill and His CriticsChapter 8 Chairing the Jamaica Committee: J. S. Mill and the Limits of Colonial AuthorityChapter 9 The Early Utilitarians, Race, and Empire: The State of the ArgumentChapter 10 Imagining DarwinismChapter 11 Sidgwick's Racism

Ultimately, the test of a good book lies not only in the debates it is able to reconcile, but also those into which it breathes fresh life. On both counts, this collection admirably succeeds, and it would make a very worthwile addition to a reading course in modern intellectual history.