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Author Brink, David O. (David Owen), 1958-

Title Perfectionism and the common good : themes in the philosophy of T.H. Green / David O. Brink
Published Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2003

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Description 1 online resource (154 pages)
Series Lines of thought
Lines of thought.
Contents Acknowledgements -- Contents -- List of Abbreviations -- I. Introduction -- II. Green�s Life and Work -- III. Green�s Metaphysics and Epistemology -- IV. The Attack on Empiricism and Atomism -- V. Idealism -- VI. Absolute Idealism -- VII. Non-naturalism -- 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 as the Good
XV. Self-Realization and the Common GoodXVI. 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 LegacyBibliographical Essay -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y
Summary In Brink's study of T.H. Green's classic 'Prolegomena to Ethics' the author restores the work to its rightful place in the history of philosophy. Brink provides a prolegomenon to the 'Prolegomena' - one that situates the work in its intellectual context of classic British idealism
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Green, Thomas Hill, 1836-1882. Prolegomena to ethics
Philosophy, English -- 19th century.
Ethics.
ethics (philosophy)
PHILOSOPHY -- History & Surveys -- Modern.
Ethics
Philosophy, English
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780191532849
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