R. J. White's 1967 edition made Fitzjames Stephen's classic available for the first time since 1914. Stephen's work is written as a systematic denunciation of John Stuart Mill's political thought. It is thus of great importance in the history of Utilitarianism, and as the most forthright of the Victorian attacks on democracy.

R. J. White's 1967 edition of Liberty, Equality, Fraternity made Fitzjames Stephen's classic available for the first time since 1914.