Society

• what was fundamental in society, ensuring new ideas emerged whilst bad ideas were exposed via open, rational debate

  tolerance of diverse opinions
• how did mill argue a liberal consensus in society could be produced

  by advancing individual potential through universal suffrage and education
• what did mill hope a liberal consensus in society would safeguard

  tolerance, reason and individualism
• what did mill argue a progressive society could refine, regarding Bentham's utilitarianism


  members of society would be able to aggregate everyone's interests, not just their own, to maximise utility for the whole when making a political judgement

  • maximising utility to maximising social welfare
• what did mill fear could arise out of a democracy, due to individualism

  tyranny of the majority - whereby the wishes of a few individual citizens could be compromised by the wishes of the majority of the citizens