Liberty Matters: James Mill on Liberty and 
Governance (Sept. 2014)

• Sandra J. Peart (author)

The political thought of James Mill is not as well known as it should be. This online discussion with a lead essay by Sandra J. Peart, attempts to reassess his contribution to classical liberal political theory via his dichotomy between the ruling “Few” (or what he also called at times “the sinister interest” and the subject “Many.”