%0 Journal Article
%T J. S. Mill and the Art of Compromise
%A Rafael Cejudo
%J Human Affairs
%@ 1337-401X
%D 2010
%I 
%R 10.2478/v10023-010-0032-x
%X The word compromise means a kind of agreement and a concession to something harmful or wrong. I argue that particularly this second sense is quite relevant in the ethics of political action. John Stuart Mill focused upon this issue in his Thoughts on Parliamentary Reform 1859. I outline Mill's doctrine on compromise looking at the external and internal features of an acceptable measure of compromise. These features provide a set of conditions necessary in order for compromise to take place, but they do not guarantee sufficient conditions. In order to assess Mill's political coherence and to draw a general distinction between strategic and ethical compromises the paper concludes by considering two compromise measures that Mill adopted while he was a Member of Parliament.
%K political prudence
%K consequentialism
%K progress
%K compromise
%K J. S. Mill
%U http://versita.metapress.com/content/0180l72517445141/?p=9e3c42e907ac423bbe2efd05cc337bcb&pi=2