Essay+Topics+for+Democracy+and+Intervention

For this theme, you have a choice among the following essay topics:
 * Due date: Wednesday 24 September, via e-mail before lecture**
 * Evaluate Mill’s arguments on democracy and culture. Is Mill right that democracy (“representative government”) is only appropriate in certain cultural conditions? Is he right that foreign rule can be used to promote the development of these conditions? Under what conditions would Mill contemplate intervention in modern-day Burma, for example? For a more detailed description of this essay topic, see here.
 * Are Mill’s arguments concerning the desirability of representative government in conflict with his arguments concerning the necessity for some peoples to be subject to despotic rule, indeed foreign rule? How or how not? For a more detailed description of this essay topic, see here.