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Perfectionism and the common good : themes in the philosophy of T.H. Green
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Perfectionism and the common good : themes in the philosophy of T.H. Green

Author: David Owen Brink
Publisher: Oxford : Clarendon, 2003.
Series: Lines of thought.
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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"David Brink presents a study of T.H. Green's classic Prolegomena to Ethics (1883) and its role in his philosophical thought. Green is one of the two most important figures in the British idealist tradition, and his political writings and activities had a profound influence on the development of Liberal politics in Britain."--Jacket.
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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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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  Read more...

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