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| Named Person: | Thomas Hill Green; Thomas Hill Green |
|---|---|
| Material Type: | Internet resource |
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
David Owen Brink |
| ISBN: | 0199266409 9780199266401 |
| OCLC Number: | 52485440 |
| Description: | xiv, 139 p. ; 21 cm. |
| Contents: | I. Introduction; II. Green's Life and Work; III. Green's Metaphysics and Epistemology; IV. The Attack on Empiricism with Atomism; V. Idealism; VI. Absolute Idealism; VII. Nonnaturalism; VIII. Self-Consciousness and Epistemic Responsibility; IX. Self-Consciousness and Practical Responsibility; X. Desire, Intellect, and Will; XI. Pursuit of a Personal Good; XII. Psychological Hedonism and the Good; XIII. Mill and Evaluative Hedonism; XIV. Self-Realization and the Good; XV. Self-Realization and the Common Good; XVI. Aristotelian Friendship; XVII. Intrinsic Concern for Others; XVIII. The Scope of the Common Good; XIX. Impartiality and the Common Good; XX. Moderate and Extreme Harmony of Interests; XXI. Liberalism and Extreme Harmony; XXII. Absolute Idealism and Extreme Harmony; XXIII. Self-Realization vs. Utilitarianism; XXIV. From Perfectionism to Liberalism; XXV. Influences on Green; XXVI. Green and Kant; XXVII. Green's Impact; XXVIII. Green and Bradley; XXIX. Green and Sidgwick; XXX. Green's Legacy; Bibliographical Essay |
| Series Title: | Lines of thought. |
| Responsibility: | David O. Brink. |
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Abstract:
David Brink presents a study of T. H. Green's Prolegomena to Ethics (1883), a classic of British idealism. Brink's book situates the 'Prolegomena' in its intellectual context, examines its main themes, and explains Green's enduring significance for the history of ethics and contemporary ethical theory.
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