Mill was working as a colonial administrator in the British East India Company at this point in his life, right? Could there have been a role for cognitive dissonance in driving his depression?
I guess it’s hard to know without being in Mill’s head. Though from what I’ve read it doesn’t sound like he ever really wavered from favouring Britain having India as a colony.
Mill was working as a colonial administrator in the British East India Company at this point in his life, right? Could there have been a role for cognitive dissonance in driving his depression?
I guess it’s hard to know without being in Mill’s head. Though from what I’ve read it doesn’t sound like he ever really wavered from favouring Britain having India as a colony.