Nov 30, 2005 · James Mill (1773–1836) was a Scots-born political philosopher, historian, psychologist, educational theorist, economist, and legal, ...
James Mill
Scottish historian and economist
James Mill was a Scottish historian, economist, political theorist and philosopher. He is counted among the founders of the Ricardian school of economics. He also wrote The History of British India and was one of the prominent historians to take a... Wikipedia
Born: April 6, 1773, Logie Pert, United Kingdom
Died: June 23, 1836 (age 63 years), Kensington, London, United Kingdom
Education: The University of Edinburgh
Children: John Stuart Mill
Influenced by: Jeremy Bentham, David Ricardo, David Hartley, and more
Organizations founded: Philosophical Radicals and Political Economy Club
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James Mill was the most uncompromising exponent of the utilitarian point of view in the early nineteenth century; he contributed to every aspect of its theory— ...
Bentham and Mill both held the view that human beings, and sentient creatures generally, were solely motivated by a desire for pleasure and an aversion to pain.