When1: 1817
When2: 1835
Who: James Mill [Mill, James]
What: political scientist
Where: Scotland
works\ History of British India [1817]; On Government [1820]; Elements of Political Economy [1821 to 1822]; Analysis of the Phenomena of the Human Mind [1829]; Fragment on Mackintosh [1835]
Detail: He lived 1773 to 1836. Democracy by majority gives the most people the best chance to maximize happiness, because people act by self-interest.
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