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Perfectionism and the Common Good - Themes in the Philosophy of T. H. Green (Paperback)
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Perfectionism and the Common Good - Themes in the Philosophy of T. H. Green (Paperback)
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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. The
Prolegomena is his major philosophical work. It begins with his
idealist attack on empiricist metaphysics and epistemology and
develops a perfectionist ethical theory that aims to bring together
the best elements in the ancient and modern traditions, and that
provides the moral foundations for Green's own distinctive brand of
liberalism. Brink aims to restore the Prolegomena to its rightful
place in the history of philosophy by providing a prolegomenon to
the Prolegomena - one that situates the work in its intellectual
context, sympathetically but critically engages its main themes,
and explains Green's enduring significance for the history of
ethics and contemporary ethical theory. Brink examines Green's life
and work, his idealist attack on empiricism, his conception of
agency, his perfectionist ethics of self-realization, the
connections he draws between perfectionism and the common good, his
conception of the differences between perfectionism and
utilitarianism, and the connections between his perfectionism and
his defense of a new form of political liberalism. Because Green
develops his own views out of an examination of other traditions in
the history of ethics, a fair assessment of Green's own
contributions must compare his claims with the traditions that he
examines and sometimes criticizes. Brink's study examines Green's
relation to Aristotle, Locke, Hume, Butler, Mill, Kant, Hegel,
Bradley, and Sidgwick, and concludes by examining Green's legacy
for ethical theory. Perfectionism and the Common Good will be of
substantial interest to students and scholars of the history of
ethics, ethical theory, political philosophy, and nineteenth
century philosophy.
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