Question

How did james mill attempt to justify british rule in india?

Answer 1

Mill also played a great part in British politics, and was a dominant figure in the establishment of what was called "philosophic radicalism". His writings on government and his personal influence among the Liberal politicians of his time determined the change of view from the French Revolution theories of the rights of man and the absolute equality of men to the claiming of securities for good government through a wide extension of the franchise. It was under this banner that the Reform Bill was fought and won. His Elements of Political Economy followed up the views of his friend David Ricardo. By 1911, the Encyclopedia Britannica described it as being of mainly historical interest, "an accurate summary of views that are now largely discarded".[2] Among the more important of its theses are:
1)that the chief problem of practical reformers is to limit the increase of population, on the assumption that capital does not naturally increase at the same rate as population.
2)that the value of a thing depends entirely on the quantity of labour put into it; and that what is now known as the "unearned increment" of land is a proper object for taxation.