DQ1. Why does Mill, despite his utilitarianism, argue that the best form of government cannot be a form of despotism (dictatorship), even if the despot is reliably good? (pp. 32-37).
DQ2. What are Mill’s main considerations in favour of representative government? Are they convincing? (pp. 37-47)
(Optional) DQ3. Consider the final paragraph of Chapter 3:
"From these accumulated considerations it is evident that the only government which can fully satisfy all the exigencies of the social state is one in which the whole people participate; that any participation, even in the smallest public function, is useful; that the participation should everywhere be as great as the general degree of improvement of the community will allow; and that nothing less can be ultimately desir- able than the admission of all to a share in the sovereign power of the state. But since all cannot, in a community exceeding a single small town, participate personally in any but some very minor portions of the public business, it follows that the ideal type of a perfect government must be representative." (p.47)
What is the argument of this paragraph? Is it a good argument?