James Fitzjames Stephen and the Right Side of History

TODAY IN PHILOSOPHY OF HISTORY: James Fitzjames Stephen and the Right Side of History

Sunday 03 March 2024 is the 195th anniversary of the birth of Sir James Fitzjames Stephen (03 March 1829 – 11 March 1894), 1st Baronet, KCSI (which means “Knight Commander Star of India,” a chivalric order founded by Queen Victoria), who was born in London on this day in 1829.

James Fitzjames Stephen was prominent nineteenth century jurist who also wrote on philosophical matters and was a critic of John Stuart Mill. I will use the disagreement between Mill and Stephen to examine the idea of being “on the right side of history.”

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