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Utilitarianism: Jeremy Bentham and John Stewart Mill tried to show that what is just is what gives the greatest utility to the greatest number. But how to evaluate utility, and where does this concept leave individual rights?

The not-quite-black market oils the rusty wheels of the planned economy.

A bloated, repetitive chapter, exhorting would-be masters to exhibit a number of vaguely defined characteristics such as craftsmanship and open-mindedness. Here's where I begin to wonder if this author really knows what he's talking about.

The master cultivates clear-eyed social intelligence, or is at least honest about his unwillingness to do so.

Take flight by first standing on the shoulders of giants. And don't be put off if you get a few bruises by crash-landing.

The recipe for your ideal apprenticeship? Multi-faceted, but featuring 10000 hours of purposeful practice and characterised by independence from the pay packet.

A new strident, non-establishment strand of opinion appears in the press of all 3 countries. But how would this affect their monarchies?

So, Kaiser Wilhelm was unstable for years. What of the new Tsar Nicholas?