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The Autobiography of John Stuart Mill · Theme
Religion and Skepticism
How The Autobiography of John Stuart Mill develops Religion and Skepticism.
Mill discusses his father's rejection of religious belief on moral grounds, and his own skeptical view of organized religion, arguing that true morality and progress require freeing thought from dogmatic superstition.
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Mill's father rejected religious belief on moral grounds, viewing it as a great moral evil, and this shaped Mill's own early irreligious upbringing.